Death cafe on Lopez

Published 1:59 pm Thursday, April 30, 2015

Death cafe is an opportunity for people to get together to talk about death, accompanied by coffee, tea and cake.

The idea started in Europe and was reshaped in the United Kingdom by John Underwood. Death Cafe has spread into a global forum.

The motto: “To increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.”

The next Death Cafe is Sunday,  May 3,   2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Lopez Island Library’s meeting room.

Topics can  be as diverse as your interests regarding death, including metaphysics, grief, hospice versus palliative care, physiology of death, advanced care directives, dying differently, death midwives, slow medicine, green burials and death with dignity.

Death Cafe endorses no particular perspective and offers a supportive open structure to encourage a rich community conversation.

For more info, visit www.deathcafe.com or  Libby  Garcia  at 360- 08-7979.