Kauffman and Associates, Inc. (KAI), Evermore, and the National Center for Fatality Review & Prevention are reimagining how grief and bereavement impact our lives. To learn more from tribal communities, KAI is facilitating 3 virtual listening sessions to gather insights and reflections from Indian Country on traditions, beliefs, and approaches for coping with loss. The information collected during these listening sessions may help inform future resources that support grieving communities. Listening Session Dates Join us for a virtual listening session where we will learn from you about how our ancestors grieved and honored the departed: Listening Session 1: May 12, 2025, 10 am CT Listening Session 2: May 19, 2025, 6 pm CT Listening Session 3: May 27, 2025, 3 pm CT Please note, you may only register and attend 1 listening session. Prize Drawing For each listening session, we will enter participants into a drawing to win 1 of 3 prizes—an Eighth Generation wool blanket, an Eighth Generation cotton blanket, or an Eighth Generation water bottle. About Kauffman and Associates, Inc. KAI is a 100% American Indian– and woman-owned small business specializing in planning, evaluation, communications, training, and facilitation. Meet the Listening Session Facilitators Danica Love Brown, MSW, CACIII, […]

When we lose loved ones, writing can be a powerful tool for helping us remember them, helping us re-encounter the world without them, and helping us re-know ourselves as the loss transforms us. In this two-hour online program, Evermore Poet Laureate Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer will offer a few suggestions for writing. Together, we will read poems about grief and discuss them. We will have chances to do our own writing, there will be optional time for sharing what we wrote, and we will have time to reflect on the effect writing has on us.