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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:No one likes to talk about dying\, right? We do! \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. \nTo see upcoming topics and guests join our Death Doula Days mailing list by clicking HERE. \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days/2023-06-24/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T100000
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:JUNE 17  We will have a special guest\, Barbara Borman who will answer questions about what it looks like to die. Barbara was a hospice nurse for decades and is now a docent and an adopt-a-plot volunteer at Congressional Cemetery. Come at 10am for the Q&A which will be for our first hour. The second hour we will just have general conversation. \nIf the weather is fine we may be outside. \nRSVP by clicking here \nNo one likes to talk about dying\, right? We do! \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. \nTo see upcoming topics and guests join our Death Doula Days mailing list by clicking HERE. \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-18/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T120000
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:JUNE 10 Topic: Group activity filling out our Five Wishes form (https://www.fivewishes.org/about-five-wishes) from 10am-noon. This is a drop-by day come any time\, leave any time! \nRSVP by clicking here \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. \nTo see upcoming topics and guests join our Death Doula Days mailing list by clicking HERE. \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-17/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T120000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224216Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:JUNE 3 Topic: Natural Organic Reduction (aka Human Composting) Q&A with Congressional Cemetery’s Lily Buerkle from 10:30-11:30am. Drop in hours 10am-noon. \nRSVP by clicking here \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. \nTo see upcoming topics and guests join our Death Doula Days mailing list by clicking HERE. \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-16/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230527T120000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224201Z
CREATED:20230311T151849Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:No one likes to talk about dying\, right? We do! \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. \n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-14/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230401T130000
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC FOR THIS WEEK: HUMOR AND DEATH\n\nStop by any time during our open hours 10am-1pm but between 11 and noon we will have a special guest around the table: Kathy Flann\, whose essay Why Was I So Full of Jokes When My Dad Died? made us laugh and think. Why is humor so often part of our response to loss and grief? Isn’t death just SAD? Isn’t death to be avoided and feared? What’s funny about dying and death?\n\nFREE event. Cake and tea provided. If you can donate a few dollars to our amazing host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, well please and thank you!\n\n\nWe are so pleased you can join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Office hours from 10am-1pm . Stop by to talk about death and dying\, work on your obituary\,  write down your end of life wishes\, play card games\, meet other people trying to be “death positive” in the face of mortality. \n\nRSVP by CLICKING HERE\n\n\n\n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC\n\n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-13/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224155Z
CREATED:20230207T201235Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! Office hours from 10am-1pm. \nTOPIC FOR THIS WEEK: SO YOU WANT TO MEET\, OR BECOME\, A DEATH DOULA?\nDeath Doula Days has garnered a lot of interest from the public and media. Much of that interest has been on the topic of “death doula” (also called end-of-life doula). This week we are inviting those who are currently or have interest in becoming death doulas\, and those curious about how to find and hire an end of life doula. It’s just doula\, doula\, DOULA day. \nIf you are trained as or serving as an end of life doula: please come meet others at this event any time 10am-1pm. If you have considered taking up this work: this is a chance to learn more. If you wonder if hiring an end of life doula is something you will do for yourself or someone you know: come on down! \nFREE event. Cake and tea provided. If you can donate a few dollars to our amazing host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, well please and thank you! \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-11/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224155Z
CREATED:20230207T201636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T224155Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:OUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK from 11am-noon: How does a cemetery connect the living and the dead? We are welcoming Sharon Metcalf\, the creator of the Circle of Life path at Congressional Cemetery the day before the official dedication which will feature Batala – an all-women Afro-Brazilian band playing samba reggae music. \nFROM 11am to noon we will visit the site at Congressional where Circle of Life has been created\, meet Sharon\, and hear about how this special space relates to Congressional’s location\, green burial\, conservation\, community\, and memorialization. Also: there may be bread. Very good bread. Seriously good bread. \nWe are so pleased you can join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. \nRSVP HERE\n\n\n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-12/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224154Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Open 10am-1pm stop in any time \nOUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK: Our special guest dropping by from 11am-noon will be Rosie Grant. Chances are\, you’ve seen news stories about her recently because of her project to find and cook recipes she has found on gravestones. This former Congressional Cemetery intern is taking a break from her viral Tik Tok lifestyle where she is known as @ghostlyarchive to  join us to describe her project and WE WILL EAT COOKIES FROM A GRAVESTONE. Laura has been practicing Annabelle’s Snickerdoodles to the delight of her neighbors. We’ll see if Rosie thinks Annabelle will approve. \nWhat recipes would YOU leave on your gravestone? \nWe are so pleased you can join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Office hours from 10am-1pm . Stop by to talk about death and dying\, work on your obituary\,  and writing down your end of life wishes. \nRSVP BY CLICKING HERE \n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC\n\n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-10/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224151Z
CREATED:20230207T195749Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes death is personal. This week\, death is personal indeed. \nThis week’s special guest\, Robert “Hoff” Hoffman\, will not be with us\, except in spirit. Hoff\, a well-known and beloved friend to the Congressional Cemetery community and beyond\, has died. This week’s activity was something Hoff and I had been planning for months as his big return to Congressional after an extended trip\, and his first time at Death Doula Days\, which he has been an integral part of as an advisor\, cheerleader\, and this week our long-planned special guest. \nI am\, like many people I know\, gutted at the unexpected loss of this extraordinary person. In the time since I learned of his death I have marveled at the impact he had on me\, and the lessons I believe he would want me and others to take from his passing. I have never known anyone as interested in death nor someone so enthusiastic in embracing death awareness. It was this shared interest that made us fast friends. He always made me laugh so hard and his support and kindness had the quality of making me feel seen and valued. In this I was not alone: others have shared the same experience. We don’t get a lot of good friends in life\, but especially not ones who make such a mark in so little time. \nSo\, Hoff was to be our guest around the table this week and we were going to listen to his musical playlist for his deathbed: his ‘transition playlist.’ He had very specific choices and each song had a meaning and a place in his memories. We worked together to set them up in my Apple Music playlists by topic. They run almost exactly three hours\, which is also the length of Death Doula Days every Saturday. Clever\, Hoff. Well played. \nHoff believed in an existence after death. He left very generous descriptions on how to reach him after his death\, and messages he wanted to be read\, and audio messages\, too. Do yourself a favor and read it and listen. I believe that would make him happy: https://www.hoffharmonica.com/end-of-life \nHe also left his playlist\, and so we are still going to keep this Saturday as his day. He planned to explain every song\, but we’re going to just experience together as we listen. And\, in his honor and with him looking over our shoulders\, we can all work on our own playlists together. \nIf you knew Hoff\, please join us. If you didn’t know him\, it’s not too late: come get to know him through his playlist. He would LOVE that\, I truly believe. There may be tears\, of course\, but I don’t think he’d mind. He wanted everyone to think deeply with courage and a sense of humor about mortality and he demonstrated it. We will follow his example. \nBring your musical playlists\, and join us for a musical visit with Hoff. Sweet treats and tea provided. RSVP appreciated. Donations to our amazing Congressional Cemetery deeply appreciated. \nHug your people\, \nLaura \nRSVP BY CLICKING HERE \n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-9/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224151Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Office hours from 10am-1pm . Stop by to talk about death and dying\, work on your obituary\,  and writing down your end of life wishes. \nOUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK: What will be left of our digital stuff when we die? We’re going to focus on Digital Death Cleaning this week. Clean up your friends lists\, organize your files\, passwords\, subscriptions\, set your legacy contacts\, and make sure people can reach your family. Bring your digital devices and sense of humor. \n\nTea and cake provided. Free event. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery are warmly welcome. \n\nRSVP HERE \n\n\n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-8/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T130000
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Office hours from 10am-1pm . Stop by to talk about death and dying\, work on your obituary\,  and writing down your end of life wishes. \n\nWe are so pleased you can join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Office hours from 10am-1pm . Stop by to talk about death and dying\, work on your obituary\,  write down your end of life wishes\, and learn more about death doulas and the ‘death positivity’ movement! \n\nRSVP by CLICKING HERE\n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-7/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224151Z
CREATED:20230203T201916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T224151Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:We are so pleased you can join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! RSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Office hours from 10am-1pm with a special guest dropping by 11am-noon. Stop by to talk about death and dying\, work on your obituary\,  and writing down your end of life wishes. \nOUR SPECIAL DROP-BY GUEST  from 11am-noon THIS WEEK:  bestselling author and TED Talk star\, Susan McCorkindale\, to answer questions about widowhood and resilience. \n\nBIO: Susan McCorkindale is a former cancer caregiver\, forever Autism mom\, and proud Jersey girl. She’s also the author of four books\, two of which are Amazon bestselling memoirs\, and a popular keynote speaker who specializes in resilience\, grief\, and the role of humor in helping people bounce back and stay back. You can find her celebrated TED talk here and on YouTube\, and all her books – including her latest\, BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience \n\nRSVP by clicking HERE \n\n\n\nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-6/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230204T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224149Z
CREATED:20230121T152912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T224149Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this week’s Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! Drop in hours are 10am-1pm on Saturdays\, with special drop in guests for special topics on some weeks from 11am-noon. \nOUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK from 11 to noon: Q & A with our special guest\, Reverend Carla Thompson\, Hospice Chaplain at Capital Caring at Sibley Hospital. Many of will find ourselves or loved ones offered the support of a chaplain while in hospice or the hospital. There are many misconceptions about what their role is\, and how a chaplain of one faith tradition can serve those of many traditions. Have you ever wondered what hospice chaplains do\, and what it is like for them serving dying people and their families? An ordained Episcopal priest for 24 years\, Thompson also served the US Department of State for ten years and worked as a police officer in Urbana Champaign for 11 years. Come ask questions of this fascinating chaplain about her “many gates to Jerusalem” approach to connecting with and supporting patients and their families at end of life. \nBy way of background\, our Death Doula Days host\, Laura\, volunteers at Capital Caring Hospice at Sibley Hospital where Reverend Thompson works. \n\nRSVP is appreciated but not required to attend. Click here to let us know you can be with us\, and so we can let you know of any schedule changes.\n\nCake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-2/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230128T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230128T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224148Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:Bring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life.  Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. Reserve your chair today: click below. \nOUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK: HAVING THE LAST WORD. Join us around the table to start the project of writing brief letters to those we leave behind: your wisdom\, your hopes\, your gratitude. No experience necessary. Bring writing paper\, your favorite pen (or laptop)\, and your favorite tea to share. Come any time\, stay as long as you like! \nSPECIAL GUEST STOPPING BY 11am-noon: Sharon Metcalf at 11am to give a tour and share an update on Congressional Cemetery’s Circle of Life\, discuss green burial. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT(S) AROUND THE TABLE FOR THE JANUARY 28\, 2023 DEATH DOULA DAYS \n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-5/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224145Z
CREATED:20221213T213121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T224145Z
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SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:No one likes to talk about dying\, right? We do! \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. Reserve your chair today: click below. \nOUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK: Playing the Death Deck game together. \nJoin us for a rousing game of Death Deck. Reserve your seat(s) at the table with other Death Doula Days friends. No experience necessary. Death Deck is “the new party game that lets you explore a topic we’re all obsessed with but often afraid to discuss.” \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT(S)  for JANUARY 21\, 2023 DEATH DOULA DAYS
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-4/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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UID:10000797-1673690400-1673701200@congressionalcemetery.org
SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:No one likes to talk about dying\, right? We do! \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. Reserve your chair today: click here. \nThis week:\nOUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK: Living Your Best Obit! Join us around the table to help one another compose our own obituaries. No experience necessary: bring your name\, your memories\, your sense of humor! \nSEAT RESERVATION (free of charge\, donations to HCC welcome!) \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-3/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230107T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230107T130000
DTSTAMP:20240915T224145Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T224145Z
UID:10000798-1673085600-1673096400@congressionalcemetery.org
SUMMARY:Death Doula Days
DESCRIPTION:No one likes to talk about dying\, right? We do! \nBring your curiosity\, your courage\, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence\, Laura Lyster-Mensh\, for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Guests will include those who sit with the dying\, care for our bodies\, and help those we will leave behind. We will work on projects like organizing our digital lives\, documenting our wishes\, and telling our life stories. We will play games\, do projects\, hear musicians\, meet artists\, and hear from scholars who explore the end of life in their work. Our goal is to explore a ‘death positive’ way to think about our mortality. You never know who you’ll meet around the table\, but each person who enters the room is a gift to the event. Cake and tea provided. Donations to our host\, Historic Congressional Cemetery\, are warmly encouraged. \nBy facing our fear of death we aim to best enjoy every breath. \nThis week:\nWe are so pleased you can join us for this\, OUR FIRST\, Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! \nOur special invited guests will be the Threshold Singers of Washington DC to demonstrate how they sing at bedsides of local hospice patients. Their mission is to “offer our voices at tender times.” Demonstration 11am-noon. Come early to meet Laura. Stay afterward for tea and cake and conversation. \nSchedule: \n10am-11am  Come mingle with others and meet the HCC Death Doula in residence\, Laura Lyster-Mensh \n11am-12pm  Experience the extraordinary Threshold Singers of Washington DC as they demonstrate the experience of singing to dying people. Volunteers will  in the center of the circle\, followed by an opportunity to ask questions about the experience of being with dying people\, about the music\, and about their mission. \n12pm-1pm    Enjoy tea and cake and meet others interested in comforting and supporting the dying\, as well as share your ideas and suggestions on death positive programming during Laura’s residency from noon to 1pm \nRSVP Here \nFor more dates and activities check the HCC website and we invite you to sign up for our mailing list: Death Doula Days at HCC
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/death-doula-days-2-2/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Doula Days
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