Saturday, January 24, 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Senior Center
— from Libby Garcia —
Saturday, January 24, 2015 from 1:00pm-3:00pm, Libby Garcia will facilitate the first “Death Café” on Orcas Island at the Orcas Senior Center.
Death café is a place to talk about death, accompanied by coffee, tea and cake.
Begun in Europe, reshaped in the UK by Jon Underwood, Death Café has spread into a global forum. The motto: “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.”
Topics can be as diverse as your interests regarding death, including: metaphysics, grief, hospice versus palliative care, physiology of death, advanced care directives, dying differently, death midwives, slow medicine, green burials, and death with dignity.
Death café endorses no particular perspective and offers a supportive open structure to encourage a rich community conversation. About death. With cake!
For more information go to www.deathcafe.com or contact Libby Garcia at 376-3613
There is no charge for this event.
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