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
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
What happens when trans people talk openly about death, and their plans around their death?
June 24, 2021 | Blog
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
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
“COVID-19 and AIDS: NYC Gays See Parallels, Contrasts” was the headline that ran on U.S. News on April, 11 2020. Reading this, researcher Jaime García-Iglesias’ immediate reaction was to wonder: was it only gays who remembered AIDS? How could the population at large not remember a crisis that was so devastating? In his first article for The Order, Jamie will try to answer the questions: who remembers, and equally important, who gets to be remembered?
April 26, 2021 | Blog
Starting April 12, 2021 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be providing funds to cover the funeral expenses of families who’ve lost a loved one to COVID-19 in the U.S. Here’s your guide to who qualifies, what documents you’ll need, how to apply, and more.
April 12, 2021 | Blog
This article is part of our series The Death Gap: End-Of-Life Inequality, a collaboration between The Order Of The Good Death and The Collective For Radical Death Studies . The series examines the various ways in which systemic racism impacts the way BIPOC communities experience death and access end-of-life care. (CW: suicide, sexual assault, descriptions of graphic violence)
November 25, 2020 | Blog
This article is part of our series The Death Gap: End-Of-Life Inequality, a collaboration between The Order Of The Good Death and The Collective For Radical Death Studies . The series examines the various ways in which systemic racism impacts the way BIPOC communities experience death and access end-of-life care.
November 18, 2020 | Blog
This article is part of our series The Death Gap: End-Of-Life Inequality, a collaboration between The Order Of The Good Death and The Collective For Radical Death Studies . The series examines the various ways in which systemic racism impacts the way BIPOC communities experience death and access end-of-life care.
November 11, 2020 | Blog