March Death Cafe- Grants Pass
Join the March Death Cafe at the Grants Pass Museum of Art. A death cafe is a comfortable conversation about death directed by participants. Each conversation is different. Treats will be provided. Donations are welcome.
February Death Cafe
Join the February Death Cafe at the Grants Pass Museum of Art. A death cafe is a comfortable conversation about death directed by participants. Each conversation is different. Treats will be provided. Donations are welcome.
Williams Death Cafe
Join the February Death Cafe at our new Williams location. A death cafe is a comfortable conversation about death directed by participants. Each conversation is different. Treats will be provided. Donations are welcome.
January Death Cafe
Join the January Death Cafe at the Grants Pass Museum of Art. A death cafe is a comfortable conversation about death directed by participants. Each conversation is different. Treats will be provided. Donations are welcome.
When the Last Leaf Falls
Learn from Local Death Midwife Angela Franklin. This workshop is interactive, please be prepared for hands on demonstrations and exploration into how to support each other in our death and after-death experiences. (Please bring lunch, some snacks provided) Suggested Donation $40 - 100 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Grief Releasing Ceremony
Join us for a transformative and healing experience as we come together for a special Grief Ritual - Letting Go with a Sacred Stone. Grief is a deeply personal and universal emotion, and this event provides a safe and supportive space to honor and release your grief.
During this ritual, we invite all participants to bring a stone that holds significance for them and represents the grief they are ready to release. Your chosen stone can be a symbol of the emotions and memories tied to your grief, allowing you to let go and find solace.
This event is open to anyone who has experienced loss or grief, regardless of its nature - whether it's the loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship, or any other form of grief. It is an opportunity to connect with others who understand the journey of grief and to find comfort and strength in a supportive community.
Writing and Collage: An Exploration of Grief
An Exploration of Grief workshop, facilitated by Laurie Easter, author of All the Leavings and Karen O’Brien, artist, teacher, and author of Imaginary Characters.
"Using images, intention and intuition we will explore an approachable and safe way to tap into your inner thoughts and feelings."
November 11, 2023 10am - 4pm
14615 Water Gap Rd, Williams, OR 97544
Suggested Donation $50 to $150
*Please pre-register for this event by contacting Hayriya Hansen at 541-787-7490
In a safe and supportive environment, we will explore the many facets of grief - the loss of a loved one, job, community, health, any type of grief - by reading short passages and poems about grief as our guide. This will be followed by writing and collage exercises that will allow each participant to investigate and express their own grief experience. This workshop will also include guided movement and meditation to support the release and transformation of grief.
End of Life Support and Resources
What is an end of life doula? What hospices are in Josephine County? Can we do a home burial? Come learn from local Death Midwife and Older Adult Behavioral Health Specialist Angela Franklin on all of the end of life resources and support we have in Josephine County.
When the Last Leaf Falls: Home Funerals and Fare-thee-well Ceremonies
When the Last Leaf Falls: Home Funerals and Fare-thee-well Ceremonies
Facilitated by Angela Franklin, a practicing death midwife at Crossroads Deathcare.
Location: Dorothy Gale’s Event Center (previously Provolt Grange)
Pre-Registration is required.
Contact: Angela Franklin crossroadsdeathcare@gmail.com
This day-long intensive workshop has three parts
1) What to Expect Before the Last Breath -- active dying with a natural death
2) How to Carry Out a Home Funeral
3) Final Disposition: Is a Home Burial Possible?
Participants will learn how to implement a home funeral with various death situations (natural death at-home, expected death in facilities, sudden/unexpected death and other complicated situations). This workshop will explore: what to expect right before and after the last breath; care of the body --bathing and dressing, how to move the body, casketing/shrouding, use of cooling agents; what you need to have on hand; what the family/community is responsible for; and how to integrate ceremony into the experience. We will also look at an abbreviated fare-thee-welll ceremony for those unable to have a full home funeral. The legalities and info on how to have a home burial will be touched upon.
Learn from death midwife and home funeral guide, Angela Franklin of Journey Home (previously Crossroads Community DeathCare). This workshop is interactive-- please be prepared for hands-on demonstrations and exploration into our death and after-death experiences. Please bring a lunch for yourself, some snacks will be provided.
Suggested donation $40-80, no one turned away for lack of funds.
How To Navigate the Commercial Funeral Experience
How To Navigate the Commercial Funeral Experience presented by Karmykal Jensen Green Burial Consultant and former Funeral Director.
Honor your loved one's memory without sacrificing your budget. Join us for this class on how to plan a meaningful funeral service with a former funeral director's expert guidance.
Location: Dorothy Gales Event Center, Provolt
14458 Williams Hwy Grants Pass, Or 97527
Death Doula Meet-up
Death Doula Meet-up
Location: Applegate Library Meeting Room
For anyone interested in becoming a Death Doula, or Doula’s currently caregiving for those on hospice. Call for location and parking details (541) 787-7490.
The Art of Healing: Releasing Pain Through Art and Collective Connection
Michael Franklin will present "The Art of Healing: Releasing Pain Through Art and Collective Connection"
Location: Grants Pass Museum of Art
Together, we will explore how art is not a voice of isolated pain, but a voice for collective healing, building connections.
Please join us for this Solada event from 1-3pm. Suggested donation $5-20 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Complicated Death: Suicide, Homicide, Infant Death and Missing Persons
Facilitated by Tressi Albee, Depth Psychotherapist
May 16th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM at Dorothy Gale’s Event Center, Provolt
14458 Williams Hwy Grants Pass 97527
Suggested Donation $5 to $20
An opportunity to discuss death, grief, and loss when the death and grief are complicated by the death of a child, suicide, homicide, or a missing person. The impact individually and collectively is profound for people mourning these kinds of losses. This will be a deeper dive into the acceptance and integration of these kinds of complicated losses. Through embodiment and creative expression we will discuss and explore this seldom explored terrain of complicated death and grief.
Writing and Collage for Female Identified: An Exploration of Grief
An Exploration of Grief workshop for female-identified, facilitated by Laurie Easter, author of All the Leavings and Karen O’Brien, artist, teacher, and author of Imaginary Characters.
"Using images, intention and intuition we will explore an approachable and safe way to tap into your inner thoughts and feelings."
April 29th, 1:00 - 5:30 PM at Pacifica: A Garden in the Siskiyous
14615 Water Gap Rd, Williams, OR 97544
Suggested Donation $20 to $50
*Please pre-register for this event by contacting Hayriya Hansen at 541-787-7490
In a safe and supportive environment, we will explore the many facets of grief - the loss of a loved one, job, community, health, any type of grief - by reading short passages and poems about grief as our guide. This will be followed by writing and collage exercises that will allow each participant to investigate and express their own grief experience. This workshop will also include guided movement and meditation to support the release and transformation of grief.
Death Doula Meetup
Location: SCA in Williams, OR
For anyone interested in becoming a Death Doula, or Doula’s currently caregiving for those on hospice. Call for location and parking details (541) 787-7490.
Advance Care Directives
Facilitated by Angela Franklin, Death Midwife, Home Funerals and Death Consultant
April 4th, 6:00 - 8:30 PM at the Williams Grange
20100 Williams Hwy, Williams, OR 97544
Suggested Donation $5 to $20
During this workshop, Older Adult Behavioral Health specialist Angela Franklin will discuss and answer questions about advance care directives, POLSTs, after-death care directives, and conversations with loved ones. Participants will leave with the knowledge to ensure end-of-life and after-death wishes are honored.
Death, Dying, End of Life Care
Guest Speakers: Megan Frost MD & Hayriya Heidi Hanson
Location: True Juice, 124 NW D St., Grants Pass, OR
Dr. Megan Frost will present on her experience with death and dying in the Western medical system and as a prescriber for Oregon’s Death with Dignity. Additionally she will discuss how psychedelics can be beneficial in the death and dying process.
Hayriya Heidi Hanson, creator of Southern Oregon’s Living and Dying Alliance (SOLADA), will present on the organization’s mission to improve the death and dying experience for individuals in our community.