Death Cafe write-ups
North Dallas Death Cafe Write up
Posted by End of Life North Texas on April 15, 2018, 12:01 a.m. 1 comment
Kelly gave a great first cafe for our surprisingly under-served piece of the world. Seven of us had a lovely talk about death’s monetary cost, the reality of invisible grief, cultural differences, etc. My eight year old made us all wonder if death even exists in our (possibly false) reality. Portraits were drawn. It was a good time.
The cake didn’t say “death”, which was in no way the fault of our kind organizer. Some grocery stores just aren’t death positive enough yet.
Looking forward to holding our own event in the future.
-sarah jane
As requested this is the list for our future meeting dates! hope to see you all again at same venue.
As requested this is the list for our future meeting dates! hope to see you all again at same venue.
Vancouver Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Janet Rivers on March 30, 2018, 2:05 p.m.
Had 9 in attendence with very lively conversation. Did have a bit of a disrupter with Exit International attendee trying to dominate the conversation. I was told I handled it very well.
Death Cafe Albany Write up
Posted by Melissa White on March 29, 2018, 11:59 a.m. 1 comment
About 50 people convened for Death Cafe Albany. The strong turnout was helped by the good weather and the superb location: the historic Albany Rural Cemetery Chapel. The event was widely shared on social media, thanks to the cemetery's consultant historian Paula Lemire and an article about it in the local blog, All Over Albany.
We started by asking each person to think of a word about a topic they would like to hear about at Death Cafe that day. We wrote the words on the posterboard, and then organized the crowd into three conversation groups based on interests. (If we did it again, we'd also ...
Our second Death Cafe was a pleasantly relaxed affair, with some familiar faces and some new ones. We discussed a range of topics, including some 'what we've done since the last Death Cafe' items. There were some laughs as we discussed the idea of make-your-own-coffin workshops and what that could lead to. I'm learning that what we discuss at Death Cafes can be any and all of these: serious, interesting, weird, passionate, moving, fascinating, shocking, intriguing, even laugh-out-loud-funny. Roll on the next one!
Death Cafe Iowa - March Write up
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on March 26, 2018, 10:50 a.m.
We had a GREAT Death Café this month, where we talked about home funerals, attending our first funerals as children (and how that impression formed our opinions as adults), differences between visiting a healthy grandparent and seeing them at time of death, the importance of talking about people who have died, Amish death customs, reincarnation, mediums, dreaming of loved ones, restorative arts for open-casket funerals, invitation-only funerals, and of course, cats, ducklings, and goslings. J
Kingston Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Charlotte Haigh on March 26, 2018, 3:49 a.m.
This was the first Death Cafe I'd hosted and it was a fantastic way to spend 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon! We had a group of 11 and spanned a sweeping panorama of topics, from soul midwifery and paganism to the taboo of grief and how the loss of community has impacted on bereavement. The Willow was a relaxed venue with great muffins! Thanks to all who came.
Death Cafe Wien Write up
Posted by Alexandra Masetti on March 25, 2018, 10:56 a.m.
Es war das 4. Treffen des Death Café Vienna. Manche mussten früher gehen, manche konnten erst später kommen - und wieder war es ein bereichernder Austausch zwischen uns. Eine besondere Freude war für mich, dass Natascha Vittorelli gekommen ist. Sie war meine "Initialzünderin für das Death Café" als Vortragende bei einer Veranstaltung über das Thema "Endlichkeit". Über sie habe ich vom Death Café erfahren, sie hat mich mit ihrer Lesung berührt und mit ihrem Workshop "aufgeweckt". Seit Juni 2017 veranstalte ich das Death Café Vienna und jedes Treffen bereichert mich auf neue Weise - Danke Natascha!
What a great venue for a Death Cafe. Attending this second time Death Cafe were some residents, some second time attendees and lots of new Death Cafe first timers.
The conversations flowed at two separate tables. In all, more than 20 attended - some for the entire two hour of conversation; some less.
We are grateful to our facilitators, our guests and the exceptional staff at the Long Community who were so prepared for this event.
Wondeful scones, cakes and dining finery ... and a pap to the day - a one button system for showing a film following the Death Cafe.
Thank you everyone.
This was our very first death cafe at Wyomissing Public Library and our second Berks county, PA death cafe. There were a few return death cafe attendees in addition to new faces, and although we had a small group, the conversation was lively and engaging and covered a range of topics - having agency for your own death, considering those we leave behind, writing obituaries, what meaning there is (or is not) in visiting loved one’s graves, and so much more. We’re deeply grateful for our local death cafe community.
A Death Cafe is a place where people get together for the purpose of having open and thoughtful conversations about death and dying.
SMALL DETAILS:
This is a free or by-donation event! Donations collected support the cake and coffee fund.
This event is in a private home in East Vancouver. The address will be emailed out to you upon registration.
Register at spiritmamasky@gmail.com to get on the list!
Death Cafe Bristol Write up
Posted by MaryTutaev on March 16, 2018, 4:12 a.m.
An evening of new and regular members who all were keen to explore and share ideas ......such a great feeling of community and in fact people didn't want to stop talking when we had to finish! So many expressed the relief and sense of being able to unfold and explore their concerns,experiences and ideas ..... As usual great refreshments and we look forward to the next meeting!
D'Eynsford Death Cafe, Camberwell Write up
Posted by katedamiral on March 14, 2018, 4:43 p.m.
Seven people came along to D'Eynsford TMO's first death cafe on 13 March in the estate's community room. We all knew each other and everyone fed back that they found it a comfortable experience.
We explored: attending and planning funerals, organ donation, and the experience of talking to people who've recently been bereaved and how important that is, even if it's difficult to know what to say and do.
There were several different cultural and faith perspectives that the group found interesting to share - including insights from the Caribbean community, the Crimea and Ireland.
Only one person felt their feelings about death had ...
Low Country Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Jan Schreiber on March 14, 2018, 2:41 p.m.
Once again, we met at THE BRIDGE TO AVALON. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and the first day of daylight savings time. Maybe explains why we had 4 no-shows! Nevertheless, we did a good job of filling the room with 14 participants. Half of the guests were new to Death Cafe, but that didnt stop us from having a very full and interesting conversation. Topics ranged from painful, first hand experience with spousal, sibling and parental loss, to helping friends transition through the death experience themselves. It was acknowledged that death conversation is becoming more mainstream!