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Please review our In-person Safety Guidelines.Join Leslie for a Death Cafe at Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco. At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cookies, drink tea and discuss death.
What is Death Cafe?
It is a group discussion about death with the topics determined by attendees, with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’.
Death Cafes are always offered:
- On a not for profit basis, donation based
- In an accessible, respectful and confidential space
- With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action.
Learn more at Death Cafe.
Avi Rose, MSW has been involved with LGBT causes for decades. He managed the pioneering AIDS program at S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children’s Services in the 1980s, has served as the executive director of a national HIV information and advocacy organization, and has worked extensively to bring LGBT and HIV/AIDS issues to the attention of faith communities. He served as Executive Director of Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay for 15 years, retiring in 2021. And he has continued his dedication to Jewish spiritual practice as a spiritual director at Kehilla Community Synagogue for more than 30 years. He is currently honored to serve as an end-of-life doula.