Upcoming Events
the dead teach me how to die by letting me wildly love - PERFORMANCE | EXHIBITION | COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
A two-day gathering of artists and earth workers engaging with death and burial through performance, installation, and storytelling
Location: Brown University, Providence, RI
Dates: November 1-2, 2024 — I will be presenting on a panel discussing death, ritual and green burial on Saturday, November 2 from 3-5pm
For more information: https://arts.brown.edu/ignite/pvd-projects/dead-teach-me-how-die-letting-me-wildly-live
Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts - 2024 Annual Education Conference
Location: Norwood, MA
Date: October 28,29 & 30, 2024 — My presentation, Honoring Cultures: Options Beyond the Conventional Funeral, is from 1:00pm-2:15pm on Tuesday, October 29th
For more information: https://www.hospicefed.org/page/Conferences
Massachusetts Councils On Aging - Fall Conference
Location: Falmouth, MA
Date: October 23-25, 2024 — My presentation, Honoring Cultures: Options Beyond the Conventional Funeral, is on Wednesday, October 23 from 10:45am -12pm
For more information: https://mcoaonline.org/2024-mcoa-fall-conference/
Building Bridges in the Deathcare Landscape — 2024 Deathcare Superconference
Location: Seattle, WA & Virtual
Date: September 27-29, 2024 — I will be presenting on a panel to discuss how diversity, equity, and inclusion issues impact how people access current deathcare systems, both formally and informally on Saturday, September 28 from 2:30pm - 3:15pm(PDT)
For more information: https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/conference
Options Beyond Conventional Deathcare:
One Family's Story of Caring for Their Beloved at Home After Death
We have more options beyond the conventional funeral and deathcare. This discussion explores family-led post-death care through the sharing of a personal story. Woven throughout will be the necessary logistics, networks, and legal considerations for varying levels of community and family involvement in the post-death care of our loved ones. This talk aims to help empower families and communities to care for our loved ones at their time of death in ways that are mindful of environmental impacts, meaningful, and community-based.
Reclaiming Deathcare
Where: Primary Care Partnership, 829 Main Rd. Westport, MA
When: February 24, 2024
Time: 10 - 11 am
Join me for a conversation about Natural Deathcare. We will discuss:
What natural deathcare is
The history of deathcare in this country and how it has shaped the way we look at death
Deathcare and it’s implications for the Earth, ourselves and our communities
