About this Death Cafe Fellowship For Today is offering a Death Café in the Greater Lansing Area. These meetups offer a unique and thought-provoking space for open discussions about death and dying. We invite you to join us and share your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. We believe that talking […]
This educational session will include a short video about home funerals, followed by a presentation from End-of-Life doula Merilynne Rush on the practical, emotional, and cultural aspects of home funerals. Participants will learn how families can care for their loved ones in the home setting and the significance of this approach. The session will also […]
Did you know that there are healthy ways to grieve? The first step is to understand this painful but important part of life. During this presentation, you will learn about grief and the effects it has on one’s physical and emotional health. You will receive information and resources to help you move through your grief […]
Join local death doulas to learn about the various important roles they can play in assisting individuals and their loved ones throughout the dying, death, and grieving process.
Join a local death doula for a Death Cafe open to all. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session. Death Cafes aim to ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people […]
Body Donation, Forensic Education, & so much more! Join us as we learn about The Forensic Research Outdoor Station (FROST) at Northern Michigan University. This will be held via Zoom. Please register to access the meeting link.
About this Death Cafe The Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) Death Cafe was founded in November 2012 by Merilynne Rush and has been meeting monthly since then. In Sept 2024 we moved the online meetings to 1st Saturdays at 11am AND brought back in-person meetings (on 3rd Sat, 11am at Crazy Wisdom bookstore). The current hosts are […]
What is a Climate Café?A climate café listening circle is a welcoming space where fears and uncertainties about our climate and ecological crises can be safely expressed. Together we create a container that is strong enough to allow exploration of complex feelings and thoughts that are often taboo and hard to talk about. Research shows […]
"New growth happens, not in spite of autumn & winter, but because of autumn & winter." -Brigit Anna McnillImbolc is an old Celtic festival that marks an energy shift as autumn and winter's decay begin to feed new life. Join basketmaker and funerary artisan Michael Marie to celebrate the everchanging seasons. Attendees are invited to […]
About Sarah Rever Kelly & Kristy Sue You can find us on Instagram @sarah_rever_kelly & @death_priestess
A safe space for LGBTQIA+ folks to talk about all things death
We’re still finalizing our closing reception! Check back for full details soon:Join us for a free opening reception featuring ongoing activities as well as a talk and panel discussion about natural burial and natural deathcare in Michigan Scheduled:Natural Burial Ongoing:Light refreshments, live music, community weaving (Michael Marie), and tarot reading
