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  • Fresno Ararat Vsn 3

    Too Poor to Die: A reading & conversation with author, Amy Shea

    Ararat Armenian Cemetery 1925 West Belmont Avenue - Memorial Mausoleum, Fresno, CA, United States

    Join author Amy Shea at Memorial Mausoleum at Ararat Armenian Cemetery for the launch of her debut book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Through intimate essays and fieldwork, Shea brings to light the stories of those who pass unnoticed, unhoused, unclaimed, and underserved. The afternoon will include a reading, conversation, and book signing with the author, accompanied by a live bagpiper, a brief memorial honoring those buried in the county cemetery, and a reception with baked goods alongside coffee and tea. Books sold by Judging by the Cover bookstore. In the spirit of […]

    Free
  • Eating Our Feelings a Reading and Grieving Book Club for Crying in H Mart Where Mr. Cookbop, New Haven CT Love reading Love eating Morbidly curious, or curiously morbid(1)

    Eating Our Feelings: A Book Club for Readers and Grievers

    Love reading? Love eating? Morbidly curious, or curiously morbid?Join us for the launch of Eating Our Feelings, a book club for readers and grievers. We will meet on Sunday, September 28 at Mr Cookbop in New Haven CT from 1 - 2:30PM. Here's how it works: we all read the same book, then share food based on what we read. We will chat for two hours and eat our feelings. This month, we are reading Crying in H Mart. This bestselling memoir is about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring […]

    Free
  • Mill Valley Save the Date

    Local Author Panel: What is a Good Death?

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA, United States

    What makes a good death? Join us at the Mill Valley Public Library for a special conversation between three accomplished local authors whose recent works explore the profound theme of death and dying from unique and powerful perspectives, including choosing when to die, managing parents' deaths, and disparities in end-of-life and death care for unhoused and unclaimed people. Featuring authors Katy Butler, Mark Dowie, and Amy Shea, and moderated by Dr. Dawn Gross.

    Free
  • Seeley Amy Online Event Vsn 2

    Author Conversation: Too Poor to Die

    Online

    Please join us on Tuesday, Sep 30th, 2025 at 4:00pm PDT for a conversation between author, Amy Shea and death doula and educator, Lauren Seeley to discuss of Amy’s new book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Too Poor to Die bears witness to the disparities in death and dying faced by some of society’s most vulnerable and marginalized and asks the reader to consider their own end-of-life and disposition plans within the larger context of how privilege and access plays a role in what we want versus what we get in death.

    Free
  • Webinar posts (2)

    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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    A Living Funeral Ceremony

    Scribble 5541 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    A community offering at the close of eclipse season. Join us for a Living Funeral Ceremony: a ritual space to release what no longer serves and step into what’s next. A Living Funeral Ceremony is an immersive meditative experience that encourages participants to face their own mortality. Through engaging in ritual and guidance through a death visualization–contemplating your own memorial as you imagine letting go of your earthly self–participants are invited to "die before you die, to live while you’re alive."

    $22
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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 […]

    Free
  • The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course

    The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course

    According to a recent AARP study, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say: “I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.” Or: “The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” The truth is: We will all have a caregiving story. Let’s make sure yours is one filled with support, empowerment, and peace. That’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a […]

    Free
  • “It’s Complicated” Support Group

    “It’s Complicated” Support Group

    Virtual Event

    A monthly peer-led Zoom group for people who had a strained relationship with someone who’s died. It can be tough to be in a group with other folks who were close with their parent, sibling, grandparent, partner, co-parent, friend, etc. As much as I like for there to be a range of experiences represented in grief groups, so that we can hear diverse perspectives, sometimes it is nice to be with people who “get it.” When addiction, mental health challenges, conflict, estrangement, abuse, etc. were a part of the picture, it can affect the grief journey in unique ways. This […]

    $5 – $20
  • 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

 

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