In Good Company: A Community Gathering for People of Color Working in End-of-Life

PAUSE invites Folks of Color who work in end-of-life to join us for connection, resourcing, and nourishment.

We all know this work is incredibly special and important ~ we also know that this work can be difficult and isolating. Our team is excited to create space for you to find community.

Please join us if you identify with end-of-life, death, and grief work in any capacity ~ whether you’re a death doula, mental health professional, healthcare professional, creative, author, faith leader, funeral professional, or otherwise!

Attendees can expect: 

  • Connection: We aim to create a welcoming and nourishing container for people who work in end-of-life to connect

  • Spotlights: Each evening we’ll highlight a number of special projects, resources, and people attending the event 

  • Resourcing: Engage in meaningful discussions with prompts 

  • Nourishment: If PAUSE is gathering humans, you can count on there to be snacks, drinks, and nourishment ;) 

2025 events will be held in Los Angeles, California. June, August, and November.

Chelle Barbour, Surreal Plantation, 2023. Photomontage, 31 ¼ x 43 ¼ in., framed.

PAUSE x CAAM (California African American Art Museum)

10:30am-1:30pm
June 13th, 2025

Join PAUSE and other folks from our LA deathcare community for a private tour of CAAM ~ focused on exploring the connections between art, justice, grief, and death. During this engagement, attendees will:

  • Participate in a CAAM Gallery Guide led tour of Repossessions & Ode to ‘Dena: Black Artistic Legacies of Altadena

  • Spend the afternoon outdoors for a brown-bag lunch gathering in the Expo Park rose garden

  • Participate in an interactive, customized art-making workshop: This workshop is an invitation to tend to grief through visual storytelling. Using stop-motion animation, we’ll build short animated stories that reflect on endings, memory, care, and transformation. The exhibitions Repossessions and Ode to ’Dena remind us that memory can be remade, and that place, ancestry, and creativity all hold power in the face of loss. Whether you are here for personal reflection or thinking of ways to adapt this practice in your work with others, the process is the same: slow down, notice what emerges, and let movement guide meaning.

Interested in attending this event?

This “In Good Company” gathering is registration only and has limited space. Please fill out the form to register.