Guest Lecturer: End-of-Life Words
Susan will be a guest lecturer on June 1st for the Department of Psychology, Clark College, Vancouver, WA.
Susan will be a guest lecturer on June 1st for the Department of Psychology, Clark College, Vancouver, WA.
These films are not offered to promote a particular point of view and are not Death Cafes. They are a chance to look at how filmmakers are approaching the topic of death and to discuss that approach with others.
A day of learning & conversation to honor Earth Day – in Portland on April 9 & the Columbia Gorge on April 29-30
Attend all or part of our day-long program in either location:
Natural Burial: Why, How, Where – led by David Noble, Executive Director of River View Cemetery, with Jodie Buller of White Eagle Memorial Preserve (presenter bios below). Natural burial (also known as green burial) is a simple, meaningful, and environmentally-friendly method of disposition, which allows individuals to practice their ecological values during and after death. Learn:
Home Funerals, DIY Memorials & Other Rituals of Remembrance – led by Holly Pruett, Life-Cycle Celebrant & Home Funeral Guide (presenter bio below). We care for our loved ones in life. How can we be more involved in caring for their bodies after death, and make an ongoing place in our lives for our beloved dead through rituals of mourning, memorialization, and remembrance? Learn:
Creating a Death Plan & Planning for a Natural Burial – led by Jodie Buller, Cemetery Manager for White Eagle Memorial Preserve (presenter bio below). Expectant parents are encouraged to think through delivery scenarios and develop a birth plan. Creating a death plan involves facing the fact of your mortality and thinking through the setting in which you’d like to die, how your body will be cared for after death, disposition of your body, and how you’d like to be memorialized. Learn:
Presented as a community service by the non-profit burial grounds River View Cemetery &White Eagle Memorial Preserve in partnership with Holly Pruett, Life-Cycle Celebrant and Home Funeral Guide, with support from Passages International and the Hood River Library’s Grave Matters discussion series.
Register for the April 9th Portland symposium
Register for the April 29-30 Columbia Gorge symposium