in-person on July 18. The objective of the Death Cafe is âTo increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.â Itâs all about an interesting, unstructured conversation â open and free-flowing with no specific agenda.
When the pandemic took hold in March, 2020, Albuquerque Death Cafes were held online on Zoom. The format proved to be popular, not only with people in New Mexico, but also for those across the U.S. and around the world. As pandemic restrictions ease, in-person conversations are coming back.
Instead of a once-a-month discussion, ABQ Death Cafe host Gail Rubin will double up the number of events, holding one online and the other in person. Events will be held on Sunday afternoons. In-person events will be held at Manzano Del Sol, a retirement community in Albuquerque.
Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that s a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She knocked em dead with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She s a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.
Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator of the Before I Die NM Festival. She also hosts
Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that s a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She knocked em dead with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She s a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.
Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator of the Before I Die NM Festival. She also hosts