PAUSE Center LA

COMING SOON

Supporting Communities of Color through grief and end of life

Forneret Co. is on a mission to develop a modern, resourced brick and mortar grief center solely serving Communities of Color. 

PAUSE Center LA will serve Communities of Color in B2B and B2C capacities, as our vision is to support the professionals doing their work in the death and dying space, so that ultimately their services are more accessible to the wider community. 

Offerings at the PAUSE center in Los Angeles:

  • Culturally appropriate programming designed by and for People of Color 

  • Business development support and programming for People of Color working in the deathcare, healthcare, and grief fields 

  • Mental health outlet providing support to People of Color who are grieving

  • Media production outlet supporting the amplification of stories focused on the experience People of Color have dying in America

Mission & Vision

 To create a fulfilling and safe end of life experience for all Communities of Color. 

PAUSE envisions a space (online and in-person) that:

  1. Provides educational and community-driven resources (i.e. native written content, native video content, native audio content, original event content, original trainings, engagements, etc.)  about grief and end of life, all created by and for People of Color.

  2. Engages companies and their leadership with educational and supportive resources (i.e. custom workshops, custom written content, policy audits, etc.) built to support employees who are People of Color.

  3. Engages end-of-life professionals, leaders, and related industries in the advocacy of health equity and equity in death for People of Color (i.e. connects grief, mental health, end of life service providers, and deathcare professionals (doulas, hospices, and spiritual leaders) to people of color seeking these services).

  4. Diversifies existing grief and end of life resources and materials available to healthcare providers, corporate businesses, etc.

  5. Explores systems for diversifying where financial resources go for POC end of life leaders and businesses.