2025 FCA Biennial Conference – The Cost of Goodbye: Confronting Funeral Poverty in Our Communities

The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) invites you to join us for our 2025 Biennial Conference: “The Cost of Goodbye: Confronting Funeral Poverty in Our Communities,” a gathering that addresses the urgent challenges of funeral poverty and indigent burial. Taking place from June 26–29, 2025, this event brings together experts, advocates, and community leaders committed to ensuring equitable access to end-of-life care and services.

Keynote & Featured Speakers
We are honored to welcome Pamela Prickett, co-author of The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels, as our keynote speaker. Her work delves into the lives of those left behind by traditional systems of support, offering insights that resonate deeply with our mission.

Other confirmed speakers include:
Joyal Mulheron (Evermore)
Victoria Haneman (University of Georgia School of Law)
Mel Bennett (Life Forest Cemetery)
Sarah Chavez (The Order of the Good Death)
Liz Dunnebacke (WAKE)
Isabel Knight (National Home Funeral Alliance)
Sara Williams (FCA)
Miranda Panther (NAGPRA Officer, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
Dianna Repp (FCA)
Charlotte Seto (Handled Milestones)

The event will also include a tour of Tour of Endswell Funeral Home’s alkaline hydrolysis facility and a tour of
Bluestem Conservation Cemetery. Please see our website for more details.