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Death Cafe write up: VIRTUAL Death Cafe (Canada)
Posted by RomaP on June 18, 2020, 6:58 a.m.
Dear Freinds,
Hope you and your loved one's are healthy and safe.
Heart House Hospice had an amazing turn out and I want to thank the organizers of Death Cafe for offering this online platform to the world.
We had 23 attendees, most of us from Canada, one each from England, United States and India (Wow !! the lady who attened woke up at 4 am to attend our meet !!!). This speaks volumes of how effective this website is turning out to be.
We had break out rooms of maximum 4 people and then a whole group sharing at the end. The conversations were very interactive and thought ...
The titleand poem say it all.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Albany hosted by Kate
Posted by DeathCafeAlbany on June 6, 2020, 8:01 p.m.
We decided for everyone's health and safety to cancel this Death Cafe at Niskayuna Linrary. we will re-scheudle there when folks are meeeitng in person agian. We have our 2nd Virtual Death Cafe via Zoom on June 15th 7-8:30pm- come join us !
Practitioners question: Photos and artwork
Posted by Death Cafe Edinburgh on June 5, 2020, 6:52 a.m.
Are there any photos that we can download and use without copyright or by referencing the artist / photographer?
Thank you
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Louisville
Posted by Justin Magnuson on June 4, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
Hosting virtual Death Cafes has been an interesting experience. I can say that 5 years of hosting them in-person has provided a good foundation for the transition, but there are little quirks in reading the other attendees body language, turn taking, and allowing thoughtful pauses that makes it difficult.
I have already read several articles about the phenomena. At least one published by the End of Life Studies Group seemed mildly antagonistic to the concept. My personal preference is and hopefully will always be face-to-face encounters, but I can see an argument, regarding both safety and access, to continue to offer virtual opportunities to keep Death Cafes open ...
Death Cafe write up: Tunbridge Wells Online Death Cafe BST
Posted by carmeldunmall on May 30, 2020, 9:11 a.m.
8 of us attended today. The conversation flowed easily for the hour. We talked about our wishes following our death, natural burials, advance directives, composting bodies and generally discussing what makes a good death.
Death Cafe write up: North Tyneside online Death Cafe
Posted by North Tyneside Virtual Death Cafe on May 28, 2020, 9:49 a.m.
Karen and Helen hosted their first Death Cafe together at this event. It was, we agreed, a success and we are keen to host more in the future. The hosting part was the easy bit; once everyone got comfy and had heard the introduction (about the aims of the Death Cafe movement) the conversation flowed and didn't stop!
Looking forward to meeting new (and old) cafe companions. We will host these 4 times each year; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe EST
Posted by NNPCN on May 28, 2020, 7:20 a.m.
NNPCN hosted its first ONLINE Death Cafe with great success. The online format allowed us to connect with people from all over Ontario. Hospice professionals and volunteers made up the bulk of the group, so it was a unique mix of participants -- as with all Death Cafes! Thank you to all who contributed to the rich discussion.
Death Cafe write up: May Iowa Virtual Death Cafe
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on May 26, 2020, 9:18 a.m.
For our May Death Café Iowa we met on Zoom. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. In total there were 14 people in attendance, 2 men and 12 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions. Several members had to jump off before we were able to take the picture. We had individuals join from California, Florida, Iowa, and Colorado. It has been really fun to meet different people from across the county that also want to talk about death. Several interesting topics were brought forward for discussion.
Topics included:
Alternative funerals: Several members shared examples of alternative funerals and how ...
Death Cafe write up: May meeting of Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE
Posted by Cecilia H on May 24, 2020, 10:10 a.m.
There were 15 of us on the Zoom call for our third virtual meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Café. We dialled in from across the globe, with participants both sides of the Atlantic and the Arabian Peninsula!
We were joined by two hosts of Death Café meetings which take place in Bristol and Bournemouth:
https://deathcafe.com/profile/14589/
https://deathcafe.com/profile/17706/
It was wonderful to welcome those attending their first ever Death Café and reconnect with several who have attended physical meetings of CWDC at Coffee in the Wood.
We began by acknowledging the extraordinary circumstances in which we came together, and took a ...
Death Cafe write up: Grief wellies Death Cafe Bedfordshire Online
Posted by Grief Wellies on May 22, 2020, 3:41 a.m.
This was our first one on line - using zoom. I was a bit nervous as to how it woudl go but it worked reallly well.
We had 7 of us including 2 new members of our group - 1 all the way from Saudi !!
Great to share
We are holding them every fortnight moving forward
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hillsborough (via Zoom for current email list participants)
Posted by Neidra on May 21, 2020, 7:33 p.m.
Hello everyone, I hope you are staying well, physically and mentally. Thank you to those who joined the conversations during the May 13th Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) – our second Zoom call! We packed it with information and learned new things! Using Zoom has changed our dynamic yet it also allowed several new people to join us, including from Greensboro, Raleigh, and New York City! We are grateful for UMC allowing us to use their Zoom account (versus their “little house” where we normally meet in person). If you have not yet sent a few dollars to say thanks for last week, here is their website: uniongroveumc.org and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Liverpool Online
Posted by Jamie on May 21, 2020, 3:41 p.m.
Online Death Cafe
Evaluation Summary
Evaluations: 8 submitted
Attendees: 1 facilitator, 12 attendees
The weeks seem to be flying by, and here we are nearly at our next Online Death Cafe.
Our fourth Death Cafe was hosted on Zoom and our first online. It was facilitated again by Jamie Fearn and assisted by Martin Poole who runs a Death Cafe on the Wirral and Kris D'Août who has been attending the Liverpool Death Cafes regularly (thank you both for your support). There was a drop in numbers compared to our last face to face event, but we still managed to split into small group, which made ...
Death Cafe write up: Florida Suncoast Death Cafe via Zoom EST
Posted by RisaM on May 16, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
This is an online event. Please send a message to request Zoom link to join the online meeting.
The object of our Death Cafe is to break the taboo we share about discussing the inevitable. We will focus on how Covid-19 has influenced and/or changed our hopes, wishes and fears of Death.