Death Cafe write-ups
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 ...
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 ...
Death Cafe Ann Arbor Michigan Write up
Posted by DianaCramer on July 25, 2013, 3 p.m. 1 comment
12 people including me (1 man, Warner)
7 returns
5 new
Age range 82-25?
Topics that were discussed: suicide: in the young and healthy and for those terminally ill, the lack of role models for facing death, the idea that we are the elders forging new territory and could become a role models for younger generations, the difference between pain management for those dying in hospice care and those not in hospice care, how we would like to die, planning our own memorial service and writing our own obituary, healing interactions that occurred before an unexpected sudden death of a loved one, home funerals and green burials.
Words ...
I attended something called a 'Death Cafe' today.
I was terrified at the concept of sitting in a room, with a random group of people I had never met, to talk about the one thing that terrifies me more than anything in the world - DEATH. I had been worrying about it quietly all week.
A little background before I tell you of my experience -
I have always had an innate fear (and nobody really knows this) of dying. I have 'visions' every day, sometimes multiple ones in any given day, of my own death. They are often violent and abrupt, and I keep this to myself for fear ...