As we rediscover past traditions and ask age old questions, several individuals and organizations are making it their mission to provide culturally competent death care.
September 14, 2021 | Blog
Writer Mandy Shunnarah loves cemeteries now, but that wasn’t always the case–they used to experience panic attacks brought on by death anxiety. But, through one woman’s loving dedication to cemetery work and preserving Black history, Mandy came to understand that cemeteries were not places to be feared, but beloved sanctuaries of memory.
August 24, 2021 | Blog
Although writer Chazz Mair never really got the chance to know many of his relatives, through the stories shared over nine night rituals, he could come to understand the people his family had loved, and lost.
July 29, 2021 | Blog
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While governments dehumanize the dead at the U.S.- Mexico border city of Mexicali, a community of mourners work to assert their loved ones’ humanity.
July 8, 2021 | Blog
June 29, 2021 | Videos
What happens when trans people talk openly about death, and their plans around their death?
June 24, 2021 | Blog
June 23, 2021 | Videos
The history of San Francisco’s iconic Green Street Mortuary Band’s role in Chinese American identity, pride, and grief, and how their legacy was cut short in the name of money.
May 31, 2021 | Blog
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On the same street in London where Charles Dickens lived twice during his formative years stands the Cleveland Street Workhouse, a severe brick building built in the late 18th century that is now part of Middlesex Hospital. Archaeologists involved in its renovations are studying the burial site associated with it, and gaining evidence on how the original workhouse operated and on the living conditions of its inhabitants. But this painstaking work is also revealing that the remains of the destitute poor were regularly dissected for anatomical purposes against their own wishes.
May 25, 2021 | Blog
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