Death Cafe write-ups
North Tyneside online Death Cafe Write up
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.
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.
May Iowa Virtual Death Cafe Write up
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 ...
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 ...
Grief wellies Death Cafe Bedfordshire Online Write up
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
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Online Death Cafe Chorlton Write up
Posted by Chorltondeathcafe on May 15, 2020, 12:47 p.m.
Tips for hosting a large Death Cafe on Zoom
- Everyone booked by email. I was wary of a person attending with whom others might feel unsafe, so when a new person I’d not met before emailed and wanted to book, I engaged them in an email conversation a little first. Asked where they lived, if they’d been to a DC before, what their name was if it wasn’t obvious.
Once they’d chatted on email, then I sent them the link and extra info.
(One person emailed to book, then didn’t reply to my ‘chat’ and disappeared. They hadn’t told me their name ...
Tucson Friendly & Fearless Death Cafe Write up
Posted by TucsonFFDeathCafe on May 14, 2020, 8:50 p.m.
We’ve now had 7 Tucson Friendly and Fearless Death Cafés meeting virtually via zoom. I’ve hosted our local café for years and wasn’t sure how the virtual experience would be. We have all been excited by the “global Café front door” and have been joined by people from both coasts, areas outside Tucson in Arizona, and even London! It could be that the pandemic brings death closer to the bone for all of us, death looming larger than ever in our personal and planetary experience, but I’m finding our Café conversations arrestingly tender, filled with deep questioning, soul searching, and beautiful intimate sharing ...
Introduction
This particular Death Café was held during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
It was held using Google Meet to overcome the social distancing issues associated with a physical gathering. Nonetheless, we came prepared with a cuppa and the occasional nibble.
Key issues discussed:
· People are feeling a greater sense of their own mortality at present
· One funeral director is offering monthly peer bereavement support groups, which are open to all, regardless of whether they have used the company’s services.
· There has been a significant increase in the number of deaths in the Leeds area’s Jewish community, rising from 2-3 per week to 2-3 per day. Funerals ...
Suddenly our world had changed. Our ideas of how we would like to have our life end or Birthing into Spirit is also changing! It has become a time when thousands are dying alone. We must find away to transition without the ones we love near us. Looking for people to give their ideas on how to do this thanks !!! Sally H. USA
April Death Cafe Online Write up
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on April 28, 2020, 8:14 a.m.
For our April Death Café Iowa we took the plunge and went virtual with a Zoom meeting! Buffy Peters from the Bereavement Professionals Group facilitated the group. In total there were 5 people in attendance, 1 man and 4 women, and participants ranged in ages and professions. One exciting addition was a member from California that was a Death Doula! Several interesting topics were brought forward for discussion.
Topics included:
Death doulas
Obituaries and what we would or would not want to include in ours. One member commented “how do you fit a big life into a little obit?” Another member shared that she wrote two for her ...
14 of us came together for our second virtual meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Café. We again had an international attendance and were joined by people calling from around the UK, Ireland, and the US.
A few people made their debut at a Death Café, and several regulars from the physical CWDC meetings also joined the Zoom call.
At the beginning of our meeting we acknowledged the impact Covid-19 is having on us as individuals, and as a global community, and how much more proximate death and dying feel to be amidst the current pandemic.
Themes to emerge from our discussion:
Our impermanence being powerfully highlighted by ...
This is the summary I emailed to my group. It has been edited with updates and deletions. Hello everyone, I hope you are staying well, physically and mentally. Thank you to those who joined the conversations during the April 8th Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) – our first Zoom call! It went very well and, as usual, we learned new things! Using Zoom changed our dynamic yet it also allowed three new people to join us, including from Greensboro and Pittsboro! 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 ...