COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

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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  • Death Medicine: An Open Mic Community Exploration of Death & Grief

    A monthly open mic event with a theme of death and grief is happening in both Sonoma and Marin counties of California. Occurring in San Rafael and Sebastopol, these events have been beautifully received. Bring your songs, poetry, stories, dance or any other expression your heart feels called to offer around the topics of death and grief. The event will be an open mic format where people can sing, dance, recite poetry, or speak extemporaneously about their experiences of death and grief and be witnessed and heard by a radically present and loving audience in a well-held container. There are […]

    $15
  • Grief; Honoring Our Pain and Reclaiming Lifeforce

    Grief; Honoring Our Pain and Reclaiming Lifeforce

    Cranaleith Spiritual Center 13475 Proctor Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    All of us have experienced loss of some kind, whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a significant relationship, losing a job, health challenges, or a dream deferred. And yet, as Bert Hellinger, the founder of Family Constellations noted about grief; “If you give it time, the hole becomes a space.” In this interactive Family Constellations workshop, we’ll explore: how can we honor and acknowledge our loss without it preventing us from moving forward in generative ways? How we might bear the grief of the present and the past, without sacrificing our future? What gentle adjustments […]

    $60
  • Grief; Honoring Our Pain and Reclaiming Lifeforce

    Grief; Honoring Our Pain and Reclaiming Lifeforce

    Cranaleith Spiritual Center 13475 Proctor Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    All of us have experienced loss of some kind, whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a significant relationship, losing a job, health challenges, or a dream deferred. And yet, as Bert Hellinger, the founder of Family Constellations noted about grief; “If you give it time, the hole becomes a space.” In this interactive Family Constellations workshop, we’ll explore: how can we honor and acknowledge our loss without it preventing us from moving forward in generative ways? How we might bear the grief of the present and the past, without sacrificing our future? What gentle adjustments […]

    $60
  • “It’s Complicated” – Support Group

    Childfree By Choice & Grieving

    Virtual Event

    It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate, depressing, and/or systemic reasons, and I created this space where we can be with our truths, and hurts, around it all. Our monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to […]

    $5 – $20
  • Améliore Death Book Club

    Life After Loss- Addressing Grief Aftermath: Coping, Meaning Making, and Healing In the Weeks, Months, and Years After Loss

    Join us at the Center for Applied Research Solutions to create and engage in rich learning that focuses on grief work that we often miss: the long-term experiences, processes, and impacts of grief for young people, and how we as providers, systems leaders, and culture builders can skill ourselves up to attend to the aftermath with as much attention as the acute. Thanks to the generous support of the New York Life Foundation (New York Life Insurance Company) and the National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG), we are offering this event to help you build the skills to navigate the […]

    Free
  • Grief in Motion: Inviting Flow Through Breath

    Sakala Community 1660 Gilpin St, Denver, United States

    A guided community circle where we turn toward our grief and use the power of breath to gently guide it into flow. Hosted by the Denver Deathcare Collective. Where grief is tended and death is sacred. These monthly grief circles at Sakala Community are a compassionate space to hold your sorrow in the embrace of community. In this month’s circle, Ashley Bradney of Healing & Dying is partnering with Erin Doty of ShatterStress to offer a somatic transformation of grief through breathwork. Together, we’ll honor the grief that lives in our bodies, invite in flow and release of emotional energy […]

    $25
  • La Pintoresca Death Cafe

    La Pintoresca Branch Library 1355 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, United States

    We all will die, but death is a subject we often feel uneasy or hesitant to talk about. Join us for a group-directed open discussion of life, death, and everything in between. No registration required. Walk-ins welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

  • Medford Monthly Death Cafe

    The Center for Living 45 S Main St, Medford

    Death is so taboo in our society that many of us refuse to even think about it, much less talk about it. Let’s change that – let’s talk about death! And what better way to do that than over cake and tea?

    Free
  • South Side Death Cafe

    St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia

    The South Side Death Cafe is held the fourth Wednesday of the month at St Kilda Library, Victoria Australia. Alternating between 2-4pm and 5:30 - 7:30pm. Come for the death talk, stay for the snacks. This is an inclusive, open conversation about death and end of life but is not a bereavement or counselling session. Facilitated by Funeral Celebrant Klara McMurray (aka The Funky Celebrant), there are lots of giggles, deep chats and conversations that have been known to change lives. After all, talking about it won’t kill you!

    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
  • A Gathering for End-of-Life Doulas

    Sparrow--A Contemporary Funeral Home 161 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Come meet others in the field, ask questions, find support and make new connections. This meet-up is for trained EOL doulas, whether seasoned or at the beginning stages of apprenticeship or practice. We believe you’ll find encouragement and wisdom by being in the room together. We invite informal conversation in a beautiful space with folks who are doing the work! We meet every two months and always have a great mix of new people and regulars. Join us for a relaxed yet focused time together. Hope to see you!

 


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