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.
Up next!
PAUSE x NOHO Actor’s Studio
This gathering is an in-person workshop for 8–15 deathcare workers interested in exploring the connection between death, grief, and embodiment through the arts. We'll gather in a private North Hollywood theater space for a unique workshop at the intersection of voice/body work and grief care.
Together, we’ll explore how the tools of acting - breath, voice, movement, improvisation, and storytelling - can support and sustain us in the tender, embodied work of deathcare.
Facilitated with intention and care, the session will include vocal exercises, movement, improv games, and opportunities to share and reflect through theatrical storytelling. No performance experience is required - just a willingness to be present, playful, and open. This will be a safe space for creative expression, connection, and vulnerability, designed to nourish those who hold space for others.
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 through creativity.
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 ;)
Register today! There is limited space for attendees as we’re hosting this with the intention of making it an intimate gathering.
If you have any questions about this gathering, please email shante@timetopause.org
Chelle Barbour, Surreal Plantation, 2023. Photomontage, 31 ¼ x 43 ¼ in., framed.
PAUSE x CAAM (California African American Art Museum)
PAUSE and other folks from our LA deathcare community attended a private tour of CAAM ~ focused on exploring the connections between art, justice, grief, and death. During this engagement, attendees:
Participated in a CAAM Gallery Guide led tour of Repossessions & Ode to ‘Dena: Black Artistic Legacies of Altadena
Spent the afternoon outdoors for a brown-bag lunch gathering in the Expo Park rose garden
Participated 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.”
This event has passed but we’ll see you at the next one!