Death Cafe profile for Lynn
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Santa Barbara
Posted by Lynn on Aug. 1, 2013, 2:07 p.m.
First Death Cafe Write-Up Santa Barbara
We hosted our first Death Cafe in Santa Barbara on Monday night, April 8th from 6-8PM. It was held at a local restaurant in a private room. We received 20 RSVPs and 20 came! People found out about it primarily by word-of-mouth.
We started the evening by having people put on name tags and order food if they wanted to eat dinner. We proceeded to introductions. I (Lynn) started out by briefly explaining the concept and origin of Death Cafe and how I got interested. My co-host, Martha, introduced herself next. Introductions continued around the tables. We had a number of people ...
With Lynn Holzman and Martha Sadler
April 8, 2013, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (PST)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Santa Barbara
Posted by Lynn on Aug. 1, 2013, 2:02 p.m.
by Lynn Holzman
We had our second Death Cafe Santa Barbara on Monday, May 6th from 6-8PM.
This time we had it in a community center. We advertised in our local free newspaper. About 30 people came.
We served tea and cake and used my grandmother's teacup collection.
We started with general information about Death Cafes. Then people introduced themselves. I proposed a conversation starter and we split into small groups for discussion. The topic was "Discuss the first death you remember, or the most recent, or the most memorable".
After that we reconvened in a circle to "wrap up". It was suggested that we go around ...
With Lynn Holzman
May 6, 2013, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (PST)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Santa Barbara
Posted by Lynn on July 31, 2013, 7:09 p.m.
Death Cafe Santa Barbara Write-up July 2013
Death Cafe Santa Barbara met for the third time last night. It was held in our new location and in collaboration with The Center For Successful Aging. 25 people attended; three of whom had attended our previous Death Cafe. I welcomed my new co-host, Liz Bauer!
We ran the group as we did the last time with myself giving a brief history of Death Cafe, followed by introductions. Liz then proposed a prompt question which was, “When did you first become aware of death?”. At this point we broke into small groups and talked for about an hour.
We gathered back ...
With Lynn Holzman and Liz Bauer
July 30, 2013, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (PST)
Free
With Lynn Holzman and Liz Bauer
Sept. 18, 2013, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (PST)
Free