Full Circle of Living and Dying
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Board of Directors
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Akhila Murphy, Founding Director, End-of-Life Doula, Death Care Midwife
Carolyn Seyler, Co-Chair President
Rosie Mariani, Board Treasurer
Mary Good, End-of-Life Doula, Secretary of the Board
Amanda Kenney, Death-Care Midwife, Board Director
Mary Jo Curtin, Board Director
FCLD Core Circle Volunteer Team
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Bonnie McKeegan, LCSW, Past Vice President Board Director
Martha Turner, Midwifery, Past President
Linda More, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
Donna Peizer, Past Treasurer
Nandi Szabo, Co-Founder
CMA Medeiros, End-of-Life Doula, Past Board Director
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CMA Medeiros volunteer profile
Nancy Parraz, Death Care Midwife
Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula
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Sushila Mertens, End-of-Life Doula, Outstanding Volunteer of the Year!
Spotlight Sushila Mertens
Merdeka Van Wissekerke, Death Care
Rebecca Sengolu
Advocates for end-of-life choices and death-care rights
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What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Midwife?
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Cuddle Cot 2021
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Gallery
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JOIN OUR TEAM
Our Education
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Our Final Passages Death Midwifery Training
Home Funeral Article by Jerrigrace Lyons
In-Home Funeral Guidance
Know your rights. Home death care is legal.
Home Death Care in California
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Home Funeral Paperwork
CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Instructions
Tattoo Preservation after Death
Death Care
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Sacred Death Care
What is "Lying in Honor?"
Symbolism of our LOGO
Donate Here
Pet Funeral
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Pet Euthanasia in the Home
Death Certificate Worksheet
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Nevada County-File Your Own Paperwork for Death Certificate - Vital Records Office
Video: A Conversation about After Death Care
End-of-Life Care Options
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Cuddle Cot 2021
Advance Directives, Dementia, Covid-19
End-of-Life Doula
California End of Life Option Act (MAID)
VSED: Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
Sacred Bridges, Local End-of-Life Caregivers
Remembrances
Contributions
Testimonials
Physician Support: Medical Aid in Dying
Green Burial
History of Natural Green Burial, Cherokee Cemetery, Nevada County
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Green Burial Santa Monica 2016
Green Burial Video from GBC
Natural Organic Reduction -Composting Human Remains
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Presentation: Natural Organic Reduction + YouTube link
Natural Organic Reduction Amigo Bob's story
Find A Grave (website)
Aquamation: Water Cremation
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Desmond Tutu: Aquamation
Cremation- Not so Environmentally Friendly!
Events & News
Upcoming Death Conversations Event Nov. 17, 2022
Past Film Event: Jack Has a Plan Aug. 2022
LA TIMES Article about Lawsuit Aug. 2022
Article: Death Doula Lawsuit Dec. 2021
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California Death Doulas Fight
Death Doulas C&C Article Nov. 2021
Article: Pregnancy Loss Conversations Feb, 2022
Past Event June 24, 2022 Presentation Organ and Tissue donation
Past Event Apr. 28, 2022 After-death Care presentation
PAST March 26, 2022 Cemetery Field Trip
Past Event March 17, 2022 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
Past Event Jan 20, 2022 Death Conversations- Breaking the silence
Review: 2021 City of Hope, End:0f-Life Symposium December
PAST EVENTS 2021
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Presentation Dec. 9th : "There's No Place Like Home." Home funeral Basics
Past Event: Nov. 2021- Medical Aid-in-Dying Update
Past Event: Natural Organic Reduction - Register
Past Events 2021 : June 18 -Field trip to Cherokee Cemetery
Newsletters
KVMR Podcasts: Featuring End-of-LIfe Doulas
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
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Article: California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
Article Amigo Bob -Natural Organic Reduction Human Composting
April 2020 Ventilators in times of COVID-19
Union Article Caring Cradle Sept 2019
Giving Back After Tragedy, September 2019 The Union
Article The Union May 2019 New nonprofit
Article The Union August 2019 HBO Documentary
Choosing When to Die
Home Funeral Visitation
PAST EVENTS 2019/20
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Past Event Oct 7 & 8, 2020 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
Death & Grieving around Corona Virus March 26, 2020
Past Event: Jan 26, 2020 Your Life, Your Choice, Your Plan
End-of-Life Doula Training with Inspired Endings - Oct 2019
June 9, 2019 Short Film & Death Conversation
Mar, Apr, May 2019
SEPT 2019 EVENT: Advance Directives + Dementia Directive
2018 Past Events
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A Matter of Life & Death: Workshop Series Sept. 22, 2018
Nandi's Cancer Support Group September-October 2018
Past Events: 2018
Event May 20, 2018- Creating a Death Care Plan: Exploring Unconventional Options
Event: July 22, 2018 Death Cafe
2017 PAST Events: August 27th -Understanding California's End-of-LIfe Option Act
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Deathwalker Training with Zenith Virago Sept 2017
Past Event: Film screening: Zen & the Art of Dying August 13, 2017
PAST Event: Film screening: Zen and the Art of Dying June 11, 2017
Past Event: Death Salon, A Gathering of Community to Discuss Death -MAR 26
Past Event - Exploring After Death Options: What Happens to our Bodily Remains? Feb 19, 2017 2-4pm
Going Out Green: Learn about Eco-friendly Home Funerals and Green Burial Cemetery JAN. 8, 2017
International Death Doula Training 2017
2016 Events Planning Your Own Send-off May 1, 2016
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Stephen Jenkinson Comes to NC March 14, 2016
Education, Presentations, Death Cafe
Event: Sunday Aug 28 2-4pm Home Funerals & Green Burial
EARLY YEARS 2013-2015 EVENTS
Resources
MAiD/California End of Life Option Act + Update SB 380
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Links for California's End-of-Life Option Act
Bereavement Support in Nevada County
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Bereavement support Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
Grief Support: Jemma Skye Champeau
Advance Directives California + Dementia
Hospice of the Foothills, Nevada County
Senior Outreach Services, Nevada County
One Source Empowering Caregivers
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Cuddle Cot 2021
Union Article Caring Cradle 2019
Support group: Pregnancy and Infant Loss
End-of-Life Plan of Care
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying
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ACAMAID: Mixing medications
Physicians & Local Pharmacy
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Dr. Stephen Banister, Nevada County
VSED: Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
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Supporting a Loved One at End of Life
Body / Organ Donation
Threshold Choir
Resources and Links
People in the Death Trade & Training
Holding Space
FAQ
Companions for Pregnancy Loss
Cuddle Cot 2021
Death Related YouTube
Beauty of EOL Study
JOIN OUR TEAM
Bardo, Buddhism and the Art of Dying
Accomplishments
Remembrance donation
Kids Sit Vigil with their Granny
Sharon's End-of-life days
Nearing Death Awareness
After-Death Care of my Mom by Akhiila Murphy
Archive Video FCLD Collective
A Remembrance Gathering for Mom?
Marina Bokelman Legacy
LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION
