Order member Kelly Christian provides us with an introduction to postmortem photography that includes the often overlooked perspective of the photographer who had the “unpleasant duty to take the picture of a corpse.”
March 9, 2016 | Blog // Guest Posts
Welcome to our calendar of events for spring 2016, featuring the best death positive events around the globe!
March 3, 2016 | Blog
French photographer, Sylvie Legoupi’s work strives to open a dialogue about death and dying, yet struggles to be seen in a death-phobic society
February 2, 2016 | Blog
On the past, the future, and living death positive.
January 28, 2016 | Blog
Herman Reyes, a licensed funeral director in California, tells the story of going from professional to grieving nephew and back to professional again in the course of a single death.
January 6, 2016 | Blog // Guest Posts
Welcome to our calendar of events for Winter 2015-2016, featuring the best death positive events around the globe!
November 30, 2015 | Blog
Order member and Paris resident, Susie Kahlich provides an intimate glimpse of life in the city following the recent attacks and the immediate aftermath.
November 21, 2015 | Blog
Order member Paul Koudounaris reports from Bolivia on his annual visit during Fiesta de las Ñatitas – a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated.
November 9, 2015 | Blog
Order executive director Sarah Chavez provides an overview of Mexico’s annual remembrance of the dead – Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead).
October 28, 2015 | Blog
Welcome to our calendar of events for Fall 2015, featuring the best death positive events around the globe!
September 4, 2015 | Blog
Order member Nora Menkin, Managing Funeral Director of the Co-Op Funeral Home of People’s Memorial answers the frequently asked question – can you have a home funeral and donate your organs?
August 31, 2015 | Blog
The End of Life Option Act (ABX2-15) would allow terminally ill Californians to request medication to peacefully end their lives and free them from suffering. There are people right now, terminally ill, who cannot wait for this legislative process to drag on. Be a part of this historic moment.
August 18, 2015 | Blog