7 Days of Death Talks Featured in Winooski for Public Philosophy Week, March 24-30

​Hosted by Wishbone Collective and Patient Choices Vermont

UVM's 3rd Annual Public Philosophy Week was first launched in 2017 to bring discussions out of the academy and into the public square. New in 2019, is a series of seven discussions on death and coping with grief, organized by UVM alumnus Alexandria Kerrigan, a recent graduate of the university's End-of-Life Doula Program. 

The Death Talk Philosophy Week series begins on Sunday, March 24 at 2 pm with Krista Beth Atwood, former pastor of the Faith United Methodist Church in South Burlington, leading off with "Is there Life Without Death?" There are seven daily events at various times, covering a diversity of death topics featuring different speakers including Betsy Walkerman, president of Patient Choices Vermont, on Tuesday, March 26 from 6-7 pm leading a discussion on "ACT 39 and Death with Dignity." 

Join us for seven days of Death Talks during Public Philosophy Week at the Wishbone Collective!

• Sunday, March 24 from 2-3 pm
  Kristabeth Atwood
  Is There Life Without Death? Cryogenic Freezing & Fountains of Youth: Can One Truly Live While Trying to Outrun Death?
• Monday, March 25 from 12-1 pm
  Sharon Keegan
  Why Now Matters at the Time of Death
• Tuesday, March 26 from 6-7 pm
  Betsy Walkerman President of Patient Choices Vermont
  Act 39 & Death with Dignity
• Wednesday, March 27 from 4-5 pm
  Howard Hoffman
  Psychedelics at the End of Life
• Thursday, March 28 from 10-11 am
  Judson Browning
  Burial Ethics: From Environmental Integrity to Grief
• Friday, March 29 from 7-8 pm
  Erin Ostreicher
  The Art & Ornamentation of Grief
• Saturday, March 30 from 11 am-12 pm
  Mary Hamilton
  ​How Experiencing Death Changes the Way We Live

​The idea of bringing people together to talk about death was originated by Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz who organized the first Café Mortel in 2004. The idea spawned an international Death Cafe movement with more than 6,000 hosted so far by various organizations around the world. 

Death Talks provide a safe place for open dialogue and the philosophical exploration of themes such as mortality, the afterlife, spirituality, cultural practices, history, individual experience, and more. Death Talks is not a personal support group nor a counseling session.

• Location: Wishbone Collective is a second-floor loft overlooking Main Street in Winooski, with entrance at 4 West Center Street.
• Light refreshments will be served.
• Donations to support the shared space are appreciated but not required.

RSVPs are not necessary but you can do so while sharing the event with friends at the Facebook event Page: Death Talks x Public Philosophy Week.
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Wishbone Collective is located at: 4 West Center Street, Winooski, Vermont