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Looking to attend events related to death or loss? Whether you’re jonesing for a cemetery tour, searching for a grief circle, or interested in attending an end of life planning workshop, you can find a variety of events, classes, workshops, and gatherings on all facets of death, dying, and grief here.

 

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  • NHFA Webinar – Sacred Connections: Designing Home Funerals as Ritual Acts

    Virtual Event

    What if death wasn’t an ending—but a sacred transition woven with ritual, love, and ancestral wisdom? Join us for a transformative community deathcare webinar where we’ll explore how to create meaningful home funerals rooted in ancestral wisdom, natural magick, and spiritual direction! This session will explore the importance of including hands-on elements like ritual washing, altar building, storytelling circles, as well as incorporating continuing bonds in memorial rituals. A practicing witch and Pagan for over 40 years, Silent is an end-of-life doula trained through INELDA and a Spiritual Director at Cherry Hill Seminary. He provides deep listening, reflective questions, and […]

    $10
  • NHFA September 2025 Webinar: Creating Meaningful Rituals for Families After Cremation

    Join us on September 30th at 8 pm ET for an informative webinar that explores how end-of-life professionals can guide families in creating meaningful post-cremation rituals that honor both memory and place. We’ll discuss cultural and historical approaches to scattering, practical considerations for helping families choose the right setting, and creative ways to weave ritual into everyday landscapes. As a case study, we’ll look at Farmstead Scattering Garden—a fourth-generation working farm that has become a sacred space for scattering cremains by mail. Amy Bridger co-founded Farmstead Scattering Garden with her husband, John, on his family’s fourth-generation working cattle farm in […]

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  • Why is Grief A Lonely Experience? An Exploration of the Systems That Create Isolation in Grief

    Grief is often framed as a solitary emotional experience, yet its course is decisively charted by larger, systemic forces. In this compelling presentation, Dr. Elreacy Dock will examine the often-invisible social, cultural, economic, and political factors that influence how we experience and process loss. Grounding the discussion in the conceptual framework of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), this session will methodically analyze how societal structures create vastly different landscapes for grief and mourning. We will deconstruct how these systems can either validate and support grief or marginalize and complicate it.

    Free
  • Return Home: An Inside Look at Terramation

    What does it mean to meet death with love, purpose, and a deep respect for the earth? 💚 Join us on October 20th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT for a very special webinar to find out! We're incredibly excited to introduce you to two of the hearts behind Return Home: Katey and Mandy. Together, they bring decades of experience and a shared passion for transforming deathcare into a healing, empowering, and natural process. Join Katey and Mandy as they dive deep into the beautiful, natural process of terramation. They'll answer all your questions and share how this choice can […]

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  • Write your own obituary! An online workshop

    Online

    Why should the dead have all the fun? During this 2-hour, in-person workshop, you’ll not only learn the conventions of writing an obituary, but you’ll also get to: Tell your own story Hype yourself up Learn what’s most important to you Come prepared to write! And if you’re willing, I’d love to hear you read your obituary aloud… After purchase, you’ll receive an additional email with workshop login information. Please allow five business days for this email to arrive. Questions? Contact hello@deadparentswhatnow.com

    $15
  • Grief Beyond Graves: Queer Mourning & Collective Healing

    Zoom Cornelius, NC

    Less Fear | More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning LGBTQ+ Centric Online Discussion Series 2nd Wednesdays | 1-2:30 pm ET | | January - June 2026 What would collective healing look like if we made space for every kind of queer loss—not just the ones with headstones? Grief isn't only about death. Queer and trans people often carry grief from non-death losses—family estrangement, identity erasure, loss of community, housing, or health. This session explores disenfranchised grief and collective mourning, offering space to name, witness, and begin to heal these often-invisible losses. We'll also touch on grief in response to social and […]

    Free

 


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