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Death Cafe write up: Chambana Death Cafe September 13, 2019
Posted by Sherry Gilles on Oct. 28, 2019, 11:24 p.m.
We had an amazing conversation amongst the seven of us. A few Topics touched on included memorial jewelry made from ashes, traditional burial and the environment and how archaeologists work with sites where bones are discovered.
New Blog post: Starting a Death Cafe in Rutland VT
Posted by NL Sobotka on Oct. 28, 2019, 6:29 p.m.
I just completed the UVM certificate End Of Life Doula program and hoping to orgranize a monthly Death Cafe in Rutland, VT, my hometown.
I would love a little direction, maybe a EOL Doula/Death Cafe mentor, to guide me as to organizing a successful Death Cafe...and the pitfalls to avoid.
Please if anyone can offer some guidance/mentorship I'd be most apprecative. Thank you.
Death Cafe write up: Ibiza Death Cafe
Posted by Ibiza Death Cafe on Oct. 28, 2019, 8:41 a.m.
The staff at Cafe Montesol Ibiza were very helpful and welcoming to the group. This Death Cafe session was a special "Día de los Muertos" edition in honor of the holiday due to be celebrated this week where friends and family who have died are remembered.
Practitioners question: 1st death cafe
Posted by Grief Wellies on Oct. 28, 2019, 5:23 a.m. 1 comment
so I am holding my first cafe this week - any pointers for how to start off?
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hillsborough
Posted by Neidra on Oct. 24, 2019, 9:54 p.m.
Hello Death Positive People! Thank you to those who joined in the October 9th Death Cafe – Hillsborough (DC-H) which included our *One Year Anniversary* complete with a delicious vegan chocolate cake from the local coop! We also had a drawing for one of three temporary tattoos (full facial Day of the Dead motif) that Neidra donated: Chinwe, Maryann, and Geri were the winners! There were three new people adding to this Death Cafe’s conversations. Fantastic! Spread the word! Information about the next DC-H, plus others in our area, is below. First, a summary of key points we discussed, including links for your further exploration. • Gratitude was expressed ...
Practitioners question: Bereavement Services, NHS, Nottingham
Posted by hannah_hall on Oct. 23, 2019, 4:54 a.m. 1 comment
Hi there,
I am a Bereavement Officer at the Queen's Medical Centre Hospital. My team are currently on a fundraising endeavour to raise money for a new department and, in the new year, we are embarking on a series of fundraising events. We would love it if one of ...
Death Cafe write up: Finland Death Cafe – COFFEE, CAKE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT DEATH
Posted by antifestival on Oct. 21, 2019, 4:13 a.m.
We got lot of positive feed back from our Death Cafes that we held on the spring. We decided to have more cafes and organized these on the autumn. We had three of them in total on August, September and October. We had lot of familiar faces during the events, but each time we had lot of new participants and new discussions and opinions. All of our events were fully booked, but we always kept an option for the walk-ins to participate. During our festival week there were over 30 people who took part of the cafe. This worked out well! We hope that someone would continue keeping ...
We All Live into the Inevitability of Death
Death Cafe write up: October Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Oct. 16, 2019, 10:54 a.m.
For October’s Death Cafe Iowa we met at Palmers Deli & Market on Ingersoll. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky (members of the Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had three people in attendance, 2 women and 1 man, and participants ranged in ages and professions. Members brought several interesting topics to the group this month.
We have recently noticed a growing number of podcasts that discuss death and dying. One group member started listing to a new podcast called “Last Day” that discusses the opioid epidemic and shares some stories of individual's last day before they died from a drug overdose. Another podcast that was mentioned ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe York
Posted by Sadie on Oct. 16, 2019, 8:14 a.m.
Please join us for a Death Cafe event on campus!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Oxnard
Posted by Cat Kent on Oct. 11, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
Oxnard's 3rd Death Cafe had seven people in attendance. Three had never attended a DC before. Participants discussed the fear of miscarriage and the sort of grief that lingers even after a healthy birth. Participants also talked about sudden, violent death, such as a murder, and how such a death is similar to, yet very different from, more "natural" sorts of deaths. The conversation was very interesting and informative, and a few attendees stayed late to finish discussing their thoughts.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Nelson, New Zealand
Posted by Kristinerose on Oct. 11, 2019, 12:01 p.m.
It was a small group this month. None present minded this as it allowed for the group to go deeper in discussion and sharing . Suicide was a topic discussed. We, previous to this meeting had a couple of months that our regular meet up did not run. It was exspressed that the break made people loose momentum for coming. It was all regulars this meeting.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Live Passionately, Die Imperturbably
Posted by Jessicamanjun on Oct. 11, 2019, 1:49 a.m.
We organized our first Death Cafe on Oct.7th, 2019.
During 3 hours, we talked a lot and discussed a lot about Death.
Participants are from different industries such as : psychological consultant, volunteer of hospice care, professor in university, producer from television station, managerial people from different companies… discussions started from near-death experience, several people who had such experience before shared what “death” like : soul flies out of the body and just like take off your jacket. This start made people feel that death seems not that horrible as expected.
“what will you do if you know you soon come to the end of your life?’ someone ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Kingston
Posted by Death Cafe Kingston on Oct. 9, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
We had a full group for our cafe at the Guildhall! We enjoyed various cakes and interesting conversation on a range of issues. Every time is different and yet similar in how easy it is to talk to strangers about death and our concerns.
One couple had expressed interest in training as end of life doulas/ soul midwives and one lady was undergoing training in this so could share her experience.
We discussed examples of loved ones death and how different these were ranging from very peaceful to noisy and traumatic and we realised how little we can influence this sometimes.
People shared their future plans and also ...
Evelyn is a feature length documentary about a family's journey to overcome the grief they hold over the death of their brother and son 13 years earlier to suicide.
The film is available as a free resource to be used for community and educational screenings.
Further info on how ...