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Leaving From Home

Tue, Feb 11

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The Portland Grief House

Bring your questions, stories, and open hearts as we journey through an intimate, community conversation about how to create the support we need to die in the familiarity and comfort of our homes.

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Leaving From Home
Leaving From Home

When & Where

Feb 11, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST

The Portland Grief House, 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203

Who

What

Bring your questions, stories, and open hearts as we journey through an intimate, community conversation about how to create the support we need to die in the familiarity and comfort of our homes.


Guided by the sturdy wisdom of end-of-life doula Jamie Thrower, community death care workers Lindsay Reva and Serena Trexler, and grief counselor Alex Wilson, we will explore medical, legal, logistic, emotional and spiritual aspects of dying, tending our beloved's bodies after death and holding funeral rituals from home.


Jaime invites questions and conversation about all kinds of deaths and particularly medical aid in dying.

Serena and Lindsay invite conversation and questions about all kinds of funerals and final dispositions and particularly natural burial and composting.


Come listen, share, and contribute to a dialogue that seeks to deepen our collective understanding and embrace of life’s ultimate transition.


This gathering is open to anyone who is or loves a…

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All grief is welcome here.

All are welcome here.

This is an LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-affirming place.

The Grief House is not a replacement for skilled mental health care. We cannot provide acute crisis intervention. If you’re struggling to find the help you need, we are happy to offer referrals and suggest resources. If you feel like you might hurt yourself or someone else, help is available 24 hours a day from the National Suicide Hotline (1-800-273-8255) or by dialing or texting 988. If you are having a medical emergency, please dial 911.

Finding Us

The Atlanta Grief House Nickerson Cottage at Legacy Park Decatur 500 S. Columbia Dr, Decatur, GA 30030 Notes on finding us: GPS will take you to the center of Legacy Park. The Nickerson Cottage is a stone building with raised bed gardens on the south side of Legacy Park's campus. If you enter campus through the south entrance it will be the first cottage you come to. You can park in any of the surrounding lots. If coming in the evening you will see the string lights on our front porch. Nickerson Cottage is largely wheelchair accessible.

The Portland Grief House 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203 Notes on finding us: We are the green house on the corner of N Fessenden & N Allegheny Ave. Enter through the gate at the corner.

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