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Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital book club

Are you interested in how the existential fear of death shapes society? Do you wonder how we can address injustice? Join our weekly online reading group, Radical Mindfulness, to explore how mindfulness can serve as a powerful tool for political transformation. Together, we'll build a supportive community of care and reflection. Whether you’re seeking connection, inspiration, or fresh perspectives, this space offers an opportunity to learn and grow in solidarity. We meet via Zoom on Sundays. Recordings will be shared after each gathering. -Sundays 6:30 to 8pm ET beginning September 14th -Free to attend -Free PDF of the book from […]

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Grief Walks

Riverdale Park East 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FREE TO ATTEND Thursdays in October 2025 6PM – 7PM Riverdale Park East – meet at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2N1 Closest transit stop: Broadview Ave at Langley Ave-Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital Join Death Doula & Soul Companion, Adrianna Prosser aka Lady Death Doula, for an hour long walk with grief *in partnership with InTO the Ravines – a Park People and City of Toronto supported event Autumn is a season when we embrace death and dying as we watch the leaves turn and the weather change, and Mother Nature shows us how to die with […]

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Due Date: A Library Death Salon

Due Date: A Library Death Salon

Louisville Free Public Library 301 York St., Louisville, KY, United States

This Halloween season, beware the dead hand! “Dead hand control” is a real legal term for our ability to control our property from beyond the grave. On October 23, join writer and death doula Becky Robison for a spoooooky estate law overview. What’s the difference between wills and trusts? What happens if you don’t have a will? How can you make one? Knowledge is a great way to overcome your fear. Contact to register: kaira.tucker@lfpl.org or (502) 574-1649.

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Orlando Death Collective: Death Cafe

Orange County Library South Trail Branch 4600 S Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando, FL, United States

Everyone is welcome to come together and discuss their thoughts on death and dying. Most have a lot to say on the topic, so bring a friend, come share your experiences, and learn from others!

Free
Death Cafe

Death Cafe

The Lotus Center 4376 South 700 East #200, Millcreek, UT, United States

The Lotus Center Death Cafe is open to the public and typically consists of an agenda-free discussion of death . Our objective will be to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. Dinner will be served. All ages welcome. This is a safe, judgement-free, no-fixing zone. Every belief is welcome.

Donations accepted
SBC of Death for MBC

Silent Book Club of Death

Join us on Halloween for a pop-up meeting of a book club for introverts! We will be co-hosting this event with Catherine of Death Project Manager. Like book clubs, but want to read your own book? Want to reflect on your mortality in the company of polite bookworms? Looking for an anti-social social club, where you can meet people then politely ignore them? Come read and mingle with new, bookish friends at Silent Book Club of Death! Bring whatever book you happen to be reading - related to the theme of death /dying / grief / aging / mortality - […]

Free

Samhain Circle
Samhain Circle

Samhain Circle

Zoom Cornelius, NC

Celebrating the turn of the witches new year. Honoring death & rebirth. Join us for this hour-long sacred circle to observe Samhain, an ancient Celtic pagan festival to close the harvest season and open the dark days of the year. Bring your ancestors, guides, and goddesses closer. Set intentions. Release. Celebrate what comes next.

FREE
Samhain Circle
Samhain Circle

Samhain Circle

Zoom Cornelius, NC

Celebrating the turn of the witches new year. Honoring death & rebirth. Join us for this hour-long sacred circle to observe Samhain, an ancient Celtic pagan festival to close the harvest season and open the dark days of the year. Bring your ancestors, guides, and goddesses closer. Set intentions. Release. Celebrate what comes next.

FREE
MementoMori Feature

Memento Mori: A Death Meditation and Living Funeral Ritual

Earth and Spirit Center 1924 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY, United States

Memento mori is a Latin phrase that means “remember you must die.” Death is an inevitable part of life, but society discourages us from confronting our own mortality. In this two-hour workshop, join trauma-informed meditation teacher Leah Raidt and death doula Becky Robison to acknowledge—and even welcome—death’s presence in our everyday lives. We’ll explore the individual dimensions of death by creating an altar of our own memento mori. We’ll examine the universal dimensions of death via meditation. And finally, we’ll hold a living funeral ritual where participants can write their own eulogies and learn about burial shrouding—including what it feels […]

$20 – $50
Ars Moriendi The Art of Dying (1)

Ars Moriendi – The Art of Dying

Graceland Cemetery 4001 N Clark St, Chicago

Ars Moriendi is a collaboration by advocates for the dead: Mary Sweeney and Jen Den. This event will be held inside the chapel at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum. We will engage in thought-provoking discussions to connect with like-minded individuals who embrace the concept of death positivity. With Ars Moriendi we aim to break the taboo surrounding death and learn to appreciate the cycle of life in all its complexities, while taking an informative approach to alternative end-of-life options and how you might reconsider your demise. Whether you're curious about end-of-life planning, interested in alternative funeral practices, or simply want […]

$13.00

Mortem: Death School for Artists

Mortem is a 10 day online death school for artists with the Biophilium to pursue our curiosity of death and to explore and develop our identities as a death-curious artists. The virtual residency will involve daily live video lectures with international death care and funeral industry workers, historians, biologists and artists on a range of death related topics and several short one on one meetings with artists who make art about death around the world. Built in to the 2- 2.5 hours of daily programming are discussions, recommended assignments and show and tell. The program is designed to give insight […]

$600

 

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