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SUMMARY:2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence Virtual Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us online Wednesday\, August 28th at 6:00pm for a panel discussion with Mount Auburn’s 2024-2025 Artists-in-Residence\, Yufan Gao (multimedia artist)\, Adam Molinski (multimedia artist)\, Fatima Seck (poet/illustrator)\, Lonnie Stanton (dancer/choreographer)\, and Markel Uriu (interdisciplinary artist).  \nPublic Events Producer\, Julie-Anne Whitney\, will chat with the artists about their professional backgrounds\, their connection to Mount Auburn\, and their plans for their residency projects. The discussion will end with an audience Q&A.  \nCelebrate the 10th anniversary of our Artist-in-Residence program as we welcome and introduce our 2024-2025 artists to the Mount Auburn community!  \nREGISTER HERE>>\nRegistration is required. You will receive a Zoom link via email before the event starts.  
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/2024-2025-artist-in-residence-virtual-panel-discussion/
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CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Death Rights Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion on the unique challenges the LGBTQ+ community faces in end-of-life planning and death care. \nOur panel of experts will explore critical topics such as gender-affirming funeral care\, legal protections for LGBTQ+ individuals\, and inclusive hospice and palliative care. They will provide practical advice on preparing advance directives\, advocating for one’s rights\, and creating affirming end-of-life experiences. \nWe will also discuss the importance of culturally sensitive care\, the role of community organizations\, and actionable steps for both individuals and professionals to ensure that everyone can experience a dignified and respectful death. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and seek resources from our panel of professionals dedicated to ensuring equitable end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nPanelists: \nKimberly D. Acquaviva\, PhD\, MSW\, CSE\, FNAP is the Betty Norman Norris Endowed Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing as well as a Provost’s Office Faculty Fellow. Before she was recruited to UVA in August 2019\, she spent fifteen years as a faculty member at the George Washington University School of Nursing and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. During her time at GW\, she served as both founding faculty and the inaugural Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Nursing.   A year and a half after she published LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice & Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice in 2017\, Kim learned that her wife Kathy had ovarian cancer. Kim and Kathy spent the next six months sharing their experiences via social media and giving people a sense of what it’s like to be living while dying.   Shortly after Kathy died in August 2019\, a New Yorker documentary film was made about Kim\, Kathy\, and their son Greyson. Her new book\, The Handbook of LGBTQIA-Inclusive Hospice & Palliative Care\, was published by Columbia University Press in October 2023.   Dr. Acquaviva has a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education\, an M.S.W. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice\, and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences. She is an AASECT-Certified Sexuality Educator.” \nIsabel Knight is the Founder of The Death Designer\, a company that provides end of life planning services\, including funeral and vigil planning\, digital account password management\, advance directives\, and assistance with reconciling fears of mortality. She takes a human-centered design approach\, with a focus on promoting individual autonomy\, sustainability\, and home deathcare options. Her goal is to create a more humane and equitable end of life experience for all.\nShe is also the President of the National Home Funeral Alliance and a board member of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Pennsylvania. She helps doulas and end of life businesses create a more inclusive and accessible experience for their clients through human-centered design workshops and also creates online courses and offers freelance graphic design work. You can find her on Instagram at @thedeathdesigner. \nBill Gately is a licensed grief counselor and former Funeral Director and owner of the Gately McHoul Funeral Home in Provincetown\, Massachusetts. \n“Funeral Law Lady” Emily de la Cruz is an attorney in Seattle\, WA where she focuses her practice on funeral industry law and mortuary litigation. \nModerator: \nCorinne Elicona has worked at Mount Auburn for seven years in many different roles including\, natural burial volunteer\, administration assistant\, and crematory operator. She is currently Mount Auburn’s Education & Digital Content Manager\, working on creating educational content on Mount Auburn; its history\, landscape\, and legacy. She is passionate about fostering a positive discourse around death and promoting education around end-of-life choices and equity so that everyone can experience a good death. \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/lgbtq_death_rights/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Death and Grief Education
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SUMMARY:Laurel Circle Lecture Series: David Allen Sibley (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:This is a ticket for a virtual lecture. \nFor our next Laurel Circle Lecture Series\, we are excited to welcome ornithologist and bestselling-author David Allen Sibley to Mount Auburn Cemetery during the height of spring bird migration. Sibley will dive deep into all things birds and birding as detailed in his most recent book\, What It’s Like to Be a Bird. Don’t miss out on this chance to hear from one of the world’s most preeminent voices on this subject near and dear to many who visit Mount Auburn. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nDavid Allen Sibley is the author and illustrator of the series of successful guides to nature that bear his name\, including the New York Times bestseller The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has contributed art and articles to Smithsonian\, Science\, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology\, Birding\, BirdWatching\, and North American Birds\, and wrote an illustrated a syndicated column for The New York Times. He is the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Birding Association and the Linnaean Society of New York’s Eisenmann Medal. He lives in Deerfield\, MA. \n  \n \n  \nSibley Headshot Photo Credit: Richard Palsey
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/laurel-circle-lecture-series-david-allen-sibley-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Members,Nature
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SUMMARY:Climate Grief Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:As our planet undergoes profound ecological transformation\, many are experiencing a deep\, often unspoken sorrow known as climate grief—the emotional response to environmental loss\, climate disruption\, and the uncertain future we face. This panel brings together professionals from diverse fields to explore how we process and live with the grief brought on by a changing climate. \nWhether you’re overwhelmed by news of environmental disasters\, mourning a beloved landscape\, or simply feeling unease about the future\, this conversation offers space for reflection\, community\, and grounding practices. The panel will include a Q&A portion and shared resources for continued exploration and support. \nREGISTER HERE (Free)>>\n  \nPanelists: \nCal Trumann is an engaging speaker and community organizer who has been working in environmental conservation\, clean energy installation\, and climate communication since 2006. Currently consulting\, they draw on experience from advocacy\, education\, and the trades in their work\, with a nuanced and justice-oriented approach to all they do. Cal is also an experienced ancestor worker who has been co-leading an annual international memorial ritual around the Transgender Day of Remembrance since 2014. They live at and manage buildings and grounds for an all-transgender intentional community that they cofounded in 2018. \nColleen E. Griffin\, HTR has been in private practice since 2018. She is a graduate of the Horticultural Therapy Institute (HTI) at Colorado State University and holds a BS in Public Health from the University of Maine. Colleen has experience developing therapeutic horticulture programming for special needs students in several public-school districts\, including a program specifically designed for teens coping with substance abuse. Therapeutic garden design is a passion\, and she enjoys teaching advanced training courses for master gardener volunteers through UMaine Cooperative Extension. Her community garden design for a cancer care foundation promotes therapeutic horticulture with self-guided mindfulness activities and interactive opportunities for all abilities. As co-owner of Cultivating Well-Being\, LLC\, Colleen collaborated with faculty and staff at Southern Maine Community College in development of an on-campus mental health and wellness program. A regular contributor to the HTI blog\, she has inspired readers to explore their connection to the natural world and gardens. Colleen is also a contributor to the textbooks\, The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy (2019) and the soon to be published Horticultural Therapy Methods 3rd ed. In 2022\, Colleen joined the faculty of HTI teaching courses in HT Fundamentals and HT Management. A past board member of the Northeast Horticultural Therapy Network\, she remains an active member of the American Horticultural Therapy Association. \nSadie Forsythe\, LICSW\, has been a therapist for over 10 years\, working in university counseling centers\, and then in private practice. She specializes in supporting individuals and groups navigating climate distress\, and holds a certificate in Climate Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is interested in decreasing the isolation that is often experienced in climate grief\, and co-created a curriculum and 6 mo deep dive training program for climate cafe facilitators for the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America and continues to serve on their public facilitator team. She is a returning guest lecturer in climate psychology and burnout prevention at UPenn and UMass. And lives in Western MA. \nPampi\, a newcomer settler of Turtle Island\, is a queer\, darker-skinned\, immune-compromised\, neurospicy GenX caste-D Bengali expressive arts facilitator\, culture worker\, whose grief  navigates the terrain of estrangement\, loss\, and longing—through ritual\, gardening\, writing\, song and dance theater. \nPampi is committed to the lifelong work of alchemizing internalized empire values and returning to right relationship with land and with the Indigenous lineages of their own ancestors and those of the Northeastern Woodland Nations here. \nTheir first community theater installations drew from re-imagined **Jataka Fables** — Buddhist tales retold through dance\, wearable sculpture\, and expressive storytelling — to activate community responsibility and accountability as integral to ecological and climate justice. Pampi created **Pathways to Reconciliation**\, a series of workshops applying the expressive arts to support community members to write love letters to the ancestors that fought to remain Indigenous that they have forgotten and to loved ones they are estranged from. They also support efforts at settler accountability to wealth redistribution\, *Giving is Believing\,* as they understand there no way to spiritually bypass the economic disparity caused by colonialism. \n  \nModerator: \nCorinne Elicona has worked at Mount Auburn for eight years in many different roles including natural burial volunteer\, administration assistant\, and crematory operator. She is currently Mount Auburn’s Education & Digital Content Manager\, working on creating educational content on Mount Auburn; its history\, landscape\, and legacy. She is passionate about fostering a positive discourse around death and promoting education around end-of-life choices and equity so that everyone can experience a good death. \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/climate-grief-virtual-panel/
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CATEGORIES:Death and Grief Education
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SUMMARY:Branches of Hope (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Mount Auburn Cemetery is excited to present a new cultural event: Branches of Hope\, on Friday\, August 15\, 2025. This first-time event will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II\, and serve as a space for peace\, healing\, hope\, and togetherness. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nFrom 7:30pm-9:00pm\, Cannon Hersey and Collaborator of Future Memory\, Akira Fujimoto\, will deliver a keynote presentation followed by a Q&A session. We will also be featuring special guest Koko Kondo\, who was only eight months old when her city was destroyed by the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. \nPlease Note: This is a ticket for a virtual lecture. If you would like an in-person ticket\, please register here. \n— \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org. \nMount Auburn is proud to participate in MCC’s Card to Culture Program. Click here to learn more. \nRefund Policy: \nRefunds and exchanges for events at Mount Auburn Cemetery are available up to 5 business days prior to the event.* Cancellations made after this deadline are not eligible for a refund and the order amount will be donated to support future programs and initiatives. \nIf Mount Auburn Cemetery decides to cancel an event\, all ticket holders will be notified and automatically refunded. \n*This policy excludes special events. Refund policies for special events will be listed directly on their event page. Exchanges are only applicable to events with multiple occurrences.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/branches-of-hope-virtual/
CATEGORIES:History,Members
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SUMMARY:Meet our 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence!
DESCRIPTION:Join us online Wednesday\, September 3rd at 6:00pm for a panel discussion with Mount Auburn’s 2025-2026 Artists-in-Residence\, Emily Duggan (poet)\, Juls Gabs (digital painter)\, Lia Pikus (musician/composer)\, and wife and wife team Cara Giaimo (nature writer) & Lilia Kilburn (filmmaker). \nIn a conversation led by our Public Events Team\, we will chat with the artists about their professional backgrounds\, their connection to Mount Auburn\, and their plans for their residency projects. The discussion will end with an audience Q&A. \nREGISTER HERE>>\nFree. Registration is required. \n… \nExperience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free or discounted access to all our public programs and special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible by the generous support of our donors and in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nFor inquiries about accessibility\, to request an accommodation\, or if you have any questions about your membership\, please contact friends@mountauburn.org.
URL:https://mountauburn.org/event/meet-our-2025-2026-artists-in-residence/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Art,Artist-in-Residence
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