General Admission A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion around death and dying, bring your questions and experience to the table. Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. Please note this is not a grief or peer support group, we do not have counselling qualifications. .
Our Death Cafes are always offered:
- On a not-for-profit basis
- In an accessible, respectful and confidential space
- With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action
Usual running order:
3pm meet and greet
10 min meditation
Break into smaller yarning circles
15min break
Continue/swap yarning circles
Group share
5.30pm Finish
Inclusion - We are not exclusive to LGBTIQA+. Allies are welcome to participate in our space with the understanding that we are here to promote the voices of those who fall outside the standard cis, heteronormative and white-dominant culture. The "Queer as Death Collective" seek to identify these needs of our community to better direct our advocacy and education work. Our venue is Wheelchair accessible. Please advise if you have any other access concerns so we can make this space available to you.
Your hosts:
Alex Antunes (She/Her) is a late-blooming queer. She works in Aged Care and as a Funeral celebrant. She is on the stakeholder engagement team for Harkness Cemetery and is passionate about Inclusive End-of-Life care, funeral options and rituals which empower communities. She is a committee member of the Natural Death Advocacy Network and the newly founded Australian Home Funeral Alliance.
@alex_dies_in_the_end/
Hini (they/them) A self-described death daddy from Aotearoa who seeks to decolonise deathcare. Funeral ceremony maker at Last Hurrah, member of Australian Home Funeral Alliance. Follow this wild card on insta @ripcindymarie
Rochelle (she/her) is a writer/educator turned nursing student, aiming to focus on End-of-Life and deathcare once she graduates at the end of the year. She's also interested in exploring what it means to die for different cultures and mental health in regards to grieving and preparation for death.
Kiri Bear is a queer, unsettled, grief plumber. She is interested in community grieving processes, using ritual to hold space for big feelings and weave connection from experiences of loss. Facebook
Achala Green (They/them) s a queer poet and explorer of their own death anxiety. They are currently a Social Work student and have a special interest in policy surrounding end-of-life care. You can find their poetic journey on insta at @riotmeds
Krista Damato (she/her)
A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion around death and dying, bring your questions and experience to the table. Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. Please note this is not a grief or peer support group, we do not have counselling qualifications. .
Our Death Cafes are always offered:
- On a not-for-profit basis
- In an accessible, respectful and confidential space
- With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action
Usual running order:
3pm meet and greet
10 min meditation
Break into smaller yarning circles
15min break
Continue/swap yarning circles
Group share
5.30pm Finish
Inclusion - We are not exclusive to LGBTIQA+. Allies are welcome to participate in our space with the understanding that we are here to promote the voices of those who fall outside the standard cis, heteronormative and white-dominant culture. The "Queer as Death Collective" seek to identify these needs of our community to better direct our advocacy and education work. Our venue is Wheelchair accessible. Please advise if you have any other access concerns so we can make this space available to you.
Your hosts:
Alex Antunes (She/Her) is a late-blooming queer. She works in Aged Care and as a Funeral celebrant. She is on the stakeholder engagement team for Harkness Cemetery and is passionate about Inclusive End-of-Life care, funeral options and rituals which empower communities. She is a committee member of the Natural Death Advocacy Network and the newly founded Australian Home Funeral Alliance.
@alex_dies_in_the_end/
Hini (they/them) A self-described death daddy from Aotearoa who seeks to decolonise deathcare. Funeral ceremony maker at Last Hurrah, member of Australian Home Funeral Alliance. Follow this wild card on insta @ripcindymarie
Rochelle (she/her) is a writer/educator turned nursing student, aiming to focus on End-of-Life and deathcare once she graduates at the end of the year. She's also interested in exploring what it means to die for different cultures and mental health in regards to grieving and preparation for death.
Kiri Bear is a queer, unsettled, grief plumber. She is interested in community grieving processes, using ritual to hold space for big feelings and weave connection from experiences of loss. Facebook
Achala Green (They/them) s a queer poet and explorer of their own death anxiety. They are currently a Social Work student and have a special interest in policy surrounding end-of-life care. You can find their poetic journey on insta at @riotmeds
Krista Damato (she/her)
