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Renegade Grief Roadshow: Washington, D.C.

Giggle Water DC 1333 P Street, Northwest, DC, United States

Join us for an event to bring together the The Dinner Party community and its allies in Washington D.C. to celebrate the release of Renegade Grief: A Guide to The Wild Ride of Life After Loss by Carla Fernandez. Join Carla in conversation with Joyal Mulheron, Founder and Executive Director of Evermore and K Scarry, Founder of Creative Impact Studio and Giggle Water. This event will have a brief reading, a lively discussion on the importance of community care in times of loss, and a chance to connect with fellow grievers in Washington, DC. Join us in bringing together The Dinner Party community and its allies, past, present and future. This event will be located at Giggle Water, 1333 P St NW, Washington, DC 20005 Can’t make the event? Purchase a copy of Renegade Grief here. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– From grief quests to altar-making, to dinner parties to Dungeons & Dragons, Renegade Grief is a profound and vulnerable exploration of care practices and rituals that empower grievers in a culture that expects us to simply “give it time.” Shaped by her own experience with the death of her father and her time cofounding The Dinner Party, a leading peer-support organization for people who’ve experienced a major loss, Carla Fernandez pushes back […]

The Higher Education Leave Plan: A Practical Toolkit to HELP Bereaved College Students

The Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Despite 40% of students being within two years of losing a loved one, the majority of higher education institutions (HEIs) do not have student bereavement policies. In response, the Higher Education Leave Plan (HELP) was formed in conjunction with Evermore, a national, non-partisan nonprofit, to develop a pragmatic toolkit to help HEIs support grieving students, including templates, policy examples, strategic approaches to bereavement programs, and a database of institutions with such policies. Attendees will leave with practical knowledge, including various tangible HELP toolkit components, resources focused on the unique needs of bereaved students, and feasible, low-cost ways to assist them. At the completion of this presentation, participants will be able to: Describe the benefits of a centralized bereavement/grief absence policy for students Express the key components of a bereavement/grief absence policy for students Utilize the HELP toolkit to formulate a student bereavement leave policy at their own institution

$695