Workshops and webinars for workplaces
In-person & Virtual Events
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In-person & Virtual Events .
How to PAUSE for Grief at Work: An introduction to our course for workplaces
Date: April 30th
Time: 9am-10am PT/12pm-1pm ET
“How to PAUSE for Grief at Work” is an exciting new course that is designed to support workplace leaders (HR Managers, People Managers, ERG Leaders, and C-Suite) who want to better care for their employees navigating grief, death, serious illness, and bereavement leave. This free webinar is an introduction to and overview of the course and all of it’s components, during which you’ll also get to meet the course creator, PAUSE’s Executive Director and Founder, Alica Forneret. We encourage folks of all races, backgrounds, cultures, and identities to attend! Learn more here.
Date: April 30th
Time: 9am-10am PT/12pm-1pm ET
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Grief, death, and intersectionality: A workshop exploring how who we are impacts how we grieve and die
Date: May 21st
TIme: 9am-12pm PT / 12pm-3pm ET
In this highly interactive, engaging, and informative 3-hour online workshop, PAUSE Executive Director and Founder, Alica Forneret, will cover how identity impacts the death, dying, and grief experience. Together, we will explore how race, culture, and other identity markers can influence the type of support providers can offer to their clients. Attendees should be prepared to engage in individual exercises to examine their own identity and how it’s impacted their personal grief experience, as well as small group work and large group discussions to center storytelling and resourcing from community. We encourage folks of all races, backgrounds, cultures, and identities to attend! Learn more here.
Date: May 21st
Time: 9am-12pm PT/12pm-3pm ET
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Leading through loss: A workshop series for ERG Leaders (and other ‘space holders’, workplace leaders, and professionals)
These workshops are for you if:
Your role involves supporting folks through grief, death, and bereavement leave.
You’re passionate about making your workplace or other workplaces safer and more inclusive for those who are grieving or navigating death/loss.
You feel like you’re ill-equipped by your workplace when it comes to supporting folks that you manage or interact with.
You fit the description of the folks we’re talking about serving and you want to learn more about how you can advocate for better care and resources at your workplace.
Pt 1. Leading through loss: Exploring intersections of grief, death, and identity ~ Workshop #1 “Exploring intersections of grief, race, and identity” will cover how someone’s unique identity as a Person of Color can impact their experience with grief, death, and bereavement leave. And how employers, leaders, and colleagues can best support the folks in their community with culturally-sensitive knowledge and resources.
Wednesday, June 25
9 - 10:30am PDT
Pt 2.1 Leading through loss: Preparing for the end-of-life as a parent / caregiver ~ Workshop #2.1 “Preparing for the end-of-life as a parent / caregiver of a young person” will cover grief, death, and serious illness considerations for parents and other caregivers. We’ll also discuss how employers, leaders, and colleagues can best support the folks in their community that are parents and caregivers.
Thursday, June 26
9 - 10:30am PDT
Pt 2.2 Leading through loss: Navigating life while caring for aging / ill family ~ Workshop #2.2 “Navigating end-of-life, grief, and work while caregiving for aging or seriously ill family/community members” will cover grief, death, and serious illness considerations for people who are working while also caregiving for older adults, seriously ill folks, and anyone facing end-of-life. We’ll also discuss how employers, leaders, and colleagues can best support the folks in their community that are straddling work and caregiving responsibilities.
Thursday, June 26
11am - 12:30pm PDT
Pt 3. Leading through loss: End-of-life considerations for LGBTQ* folks ~ Workshop #3 “End-of-life considerations for LGBTQ* folks, their families, and their communities” will cover specific considerations related to end-of-life planning, seeking death and grief support within and outside of the workplace, and how to hold space for LGBTQ*-community losses (both personal and wider in society).
Friday, June 27
9 - 10:30am PDT