Death Cafe write-ups
Belleville, IL Death Cafe Write up
Posted by maggieboone on Aug. 30, 2016, 3:28 p.m.
Belleville Death Café Reflections from 8/27/2016
Wow, what a great discussion! We truly missed everyone who was unable to make it. We had Mr. Chong Lee and his associates from KBS in San Francisco join us and filmed the whole discussion meeting for his documentary his is making. After the discussion meeting, Mr. Lee interviewed about five participants.
The discussion started with something that Sharon had wanted to cover concerning an incident where a friend of hers with a DNR went from the hospital back to a nursing facility and something happened where the nursing facility did not honor the DNR. Unfortunately, the person died anyway ...
Tampa Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Cat Martin on Aug. 24, 2016, 5:20 p.m.
An article in The Tampa Bay Times really helped to publise the event. Conversation was lively and wide ranging. Thanks to Brianna, and to Roberto and those who attended
Kemptville Death Cafe Write up
Posted by BethDonovanHospice on Aug. 15, 2016, 8:56 a.m.
We held our first Death Cafe yesterday, renting space from a local coffee house. We had a great turn out - over 20 people! Attendees were a mix of hospice volunteers, people who had heard about the event from friends and those who spotted our ads.
We broke into groups of 4 - 7 people. I had debated switching the groups up at the 1 hour mark, but every table seemed to have their conversation flowing easily, and I decided to let the original groups continue for the duration of the 2 hour event.
Preparing for the event, I was a bit nervous about not having topics to discuss, but ...
Death Cafe West Hampstead Write up
Posted by Josefine Speyer on Aug. 12, 2016, 6:13 a.m.
This was our 4th Death Café West Hampstead and part of Dying Matters Awareness Week. Philomena Corrigan co-facilitated.
One journalist attended and took part in the closing circle. He was filming for a Huffington Post website article which included an interview with me and brief shots of the actual Death Café. It was published to be part of Dying Matters Awareness Week. See it here:
Last year, at Death Café Hampstead, during Dying Matters Awareness Week 2015 our Death Café was well attended and we organized a separate one to be filmed for Metro online. It was a small ...
Death Cafe West Hampstead Write up
Posted by Josefine Speyer on Aug. 12, 2016, 5:07 a.m.
This was our 1st Death Café at Café Rouge in West Hampstead. Philomena Corrigan co-facilitated
30 booked to attend
12 attended plus two facilitators
11 feedback forms were returned
Average age: 60.5
8 women: (aged 39– 64) 2 men (aged 67 & 81)
Overall, how would you rate this event?(10 = excellent, 1 = poor) 8.5/10
People's experiences of this ...
Montpelier Death Cafe Write up
Posted by MontpelierDeathCafe on Aug. 10, 2016, 4:34 p.m.
Stuff, Suffering, and Summer in Vermont
As we gathered on a beautiful summer evening last month it seemed everyone was full of gratitude for the space The Montpelier Death Cafe has created in our community. "Coming to Death Cafe and listening to what people share about their own experiences has helped me immensely in how I process my own thinking on death and dying," said one person as we checked in.
Fear, specifically what we fear about death seemed to be on people's minds. "If I fear anything it's not so much death as it is not enjoying life and what I have… Death Cafe has ...
Death Cafe Sacramento Write up
Posted by Death Cafe Sacramento - Sandra Young on Aug. 9, 2016, 11:55 a.m.
Since the 4th of July holiday fell on our regular meeting day (first Monday of each month), we met on Tuesday, July 5th.
Great turn-out with lots of new attendees. Several noted they became aware of our group after viewing the Christina Mendonsa ABC news segment featuring Sacramento Death Cafe.
Lots of lively discussion and wonderful cake, brownies and cookies.
Death Cafe Newtown Write up
Posted by Melissa Halliday on Aug. 4, 2016, 10:18 p.m.
Thanks to all who attended last Sunday: provocative, life affirming conversations on topics as broad as addressing the disconnect and missed opportunities at end of life- families struggling with moving from hope that a cure will be found/ disease prevention and all the medical interventions that can entail to accepting the opportunity for quality of life in the precious time still left and filling it with love and happy memories or simply the chance to bring peace..... A paediatric doctor gave her take on this whilst medical students gave us hope in the system of the future with doctors that were more compassionate in outlook and in the ...
St. George, Maine Death Cafe VIII Write up
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on Aug. 3, 2016, 10:34 a.m.
Engaging conversation over coffee and tombstone brownies.
Tauranga Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Tauranga Death Cafe on Aug. 3, 2016, 1:58 a.m.
Well, this was our third cafe gathering and we had more expolration into topics including euthenasia, natural burial grounds and being prepared. The group is becoming more familiar with each other as time goes by, and it is interesting to connect with a broad variety of ages and experience of life.
Really looking forward to our next gathering in August
Death Cafe Christchurch, New Zealand Write up
Posted by MelanieTheCreatrix on Aug. 2, 2016, 4:02 a.m.
Sunday's Death Cafe here in Christchurch was awesome and delicious. There were 9 courageous and curious souls, most of us strangers, who met over coffee and cake for a 2 hour conversation about death and dying.
Some of the things we discussed were Soul Midwifery, what it means to 'hold space' for the dying, Natural Burial in NZ, DeathWalker Training, Preparations paperwork and tidying up for our own deaths, Narrative Therapy used for the Dying and the Bereaved, as well as some very beautiful and poignant personal experiences that people shared.
It was a small but eclectic group of people who attended our July Death Café, and as usual conversation was lively and energetic and spread across a range of death-related topics. This included viewings, whether or not to have a funeral, the afterlife and, rather than normalising death, that notion that death-literacy is about re-normalising death. Although people either left early or came late, which was somewhat disruptive, conversation still flowed freely with lots of laughter in-between.
In reflecting on the event later, I recalled some of the things Death Café is not. It is not a method of community engagement, research or consultation and it is not ...
Highcliffe Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Lis Horwich on July 27, 2016, 6:31 a.m.
Great afternoon sitting outside on our decking in the sunshine discussing death with 5 new people and a couple of former takers. We had so many interesting topics arising and everyone partook with great hearts. It is such a pleasure and gift to share a views so close to each of us. Highcliffe Death Café will be hosting meetings every two months I the future due to new commitments with my work taking new directions. So please make sure you make a note of the dates for the autumn:
3rd Wednesday every two months
2.00pm – 3.30pm
Dates:
September 21st
November 16th
Looking forward to see you ...
Highcliffe Death Cafe Write up
Posted by Lis Horwich on July 27, 2016, 6:23 a.m.
Good evening discussing death and dying and any fear realted to these topics. This was the last evening Death Cafe hosted. I will need time to work on another topic close to my heart. Thanks for supporting the evening cafe, pleased to say the afternoon cafe will continue every 2 month.
Tucson Death Cafe Write up
Posted by tucsondeathcafe on July 21, 2016, 7:58 p.m.
Thunder, lightening, and rain, REALLY! A gorgeous desert monsoon storm began just as our Monsoon Celebration Café got underway. Upon leaving we were greeted by puddles and those amazing fragrances that come from a rejoicing rain drenched desert. Two main café discussions emerged. One, a conversation about our right to die or death with dignity, who has the “say and the sway” regarding what choices we make for ourselves, and what sensitive issues are part of the quandaries engaging our culture right now. And two, mystery, mystery, and more mystery! What do we think happens when we die, if anything? How have our life experiences, beliefs, families and ...