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Doulapalooza 2025 sponsorship deck

National End of Life Doula Alliance Presents: Doulapalooza

The Higgins-New Orleans 1000 Magazine St, New Orleans,, LA, United States

We are thrilled to share that Doulapalooza 2025 is set to be our biggest and most impactful event yet - and for the first time, it will be held in person! This year’s event will be at The Higgins in New Orleans, LA from October 10-12. As the flagship conference of the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA), Doulapalooza is a one-of-a-kind gathering where doulas, healthcare providers, educators, and advocates come together to share knowledge, forge connections, and inspire new possibilities in the field of deathcare. You do not need to be an end-of-life doula or NEDA member to attend. We […]

$400
Virtual Silent Book Club of Death Monday, June 23 5pm ET 2pm PT (Instagram Post (45)).zip 1

Virtual Silent Book Club of Death

Death Project Manager, Silent Book Club of Death, Silent Book Club of Death NYC, Silent Book Club of Death MTL, and TalkDeath’s Book Club are thrilled to invite you to a Virtual Silent Book Club of Death meeting! This virtual gathering will be on Friday, October 10th at 5pm ET/ 4pm CT/ 3pm MT/ 2pm PT. Silent Book Club of Death meetings are structured like any Silent Book Club gathering: you meet up with friendly, like-minded readers, and then politely ignore them while reading a book of your own choosing. Members are encouraged to bring books related to the theme […]

Free
JOURNAL CLUB

Journal Club and Death With Lex present: A Moment With Grief

Dockweiler Beach 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa Del Rey, CA, United States

Journal Club is excited to announce a Moment with Grief, a special edition meeting all about grief! We will be joined by the incredible Alexis from Death with Lex to guide us and welcome us to the world of grief. This meeting will follow our usual format of journaling, mindfulness, somatic practices but will have a focus on grief and all the things related to it. Remember that grief is NOT only about death, so we will be exploring many different expressions of it. Where will we be? This month we are meeting around the fire at Dockweiler, there is […]

$5
Friends Missing Friends artwork grief podcast

Friends Missing Friends: A Gathering for Friend-Loss Grievers

Zoom Cornelius, NC

Are you grieving the death of a friend? Do you want to meet and gather with people who GET it? Friend-loss grief is isolating because it's disenfranchised, and there are very few resources available. We shouldn't have to do this alone. Let's honor our friends, talk about our grief, and find comfort in community.

Free
SF Columbarium Ice Breaker Front

A Book Tour of Cemeteries

San Francisco Columbarium 1 Loraine Ct, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join authors Beth Winegarner, Loren Rhoads, and Amy Shea at the beautiful grounds of the San Francisco Columbarium, as they delve into the rich, often overlooked world of cemeteries and burial grounds, exploring how these spaces tell the stories of communities, culture, and history. From personal reflections to historical investigations, these writers shed light on the lives of the dead—and what they reveal about the living. Together, these authors offer a compelling conversation about death, memory, erasure, and the power of writing to preserve the stories found in places most people overlook. Books will be for sale by Green Apple […]

Free
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Haunted: A Death Positive Picnic

Central Park 1340 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY, United States

Join me for a spooky season picnic featuring death discussion prompts via Coffin Cards and a brief ritual to remember lost loved ones. Bring snacks and blankets! The event is free—but if you’re coming, please send me an email so I can keep you up to date about any changes or cancellations due to weather. Hope to see you there! hello@deadparentswhatnow.com

Free
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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
Storytelling Grief
Storytelling Grief

Storytelling Grief

Zoom Cornelius, NC

Nurture your inner writer, creative, and keeper of stories. Immortalize the experiences that have shaped you. A 6-week class to help you preserve the stories you can't (won't) lose to time, and cultivate a writing ritual that transforms memory into lasting legacy. Through dedicated writing practice, relevant and expansive prompts, group sharing, and genuine feedback, you'll honor your creativity, learn to trust your voice on the page, and build community around the sacred work of story-keeping. Taught by Dr. Melissa Delizia (Writer, Doctor of Social Work, & Certified Professional Coach) Mondays from October 20 - November 24 10am - 12pm […]

$333
Storytelling Grief
Storytelling Grief

Storytelling Grief

Zoom Cornelius, NC

Nurture your inner writer, creative, and keeper of stories. Immortalize the experiences that have shaped you. A 6-week class to help you preserve the stories you can't (won't) lose to time, and cultivate a writing ritual that transforms memory into lasting legacy. Through dedicated writing practice, relevant and expansive prompts, group sharing, and genuine feedback, you'll honor your creativity, learn to trust your voice on the page, and build community around the sacred work of story-keeping. Taught by Dr. Melissa Delizia (Writer, Doctor of Social Work, & Certified Professional Coach) Mondays from October 20 - November 24 10am - 12pm […]

$333
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“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
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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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Sexual Bereavement – Queer Death Salon

Zoom Cornelius, NC

Let’s gather and engage with our questions and feelings about: sex after the death of a loved one. the disenfranchised grief of polyamorous and kinky relational loss. how pleasure and erotic energy can support our mourning. changes in desire as death approaches for ourselves or a loved one. cultural expectations of how a widow should act and our internalized stories about that. anything sex/pleasure and bereavement related. No question is too taboo. Jess will invite folks to participate in embodiment exercises, freewrite and consider the ways they want to be in relationship to their sexual expression within their (anticipatory) grief. […]

Free – $30

 

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