The Dinner Party

We are planning to continue all currently scheduled programming for the foreseeable future and we'll update you if anything changes. As we embark on this difficult month ahead we appreciate your patience, understanding, and support. With so much gratitude, Team TDP

We're devastated to share that we had crucial funding fall through, putting us at risk of closing. We urgently need to raise $200k by October 31st. Your support means everything to us, now more than ever. Please donate at savetdp.funraise.org and help spread the word #SaveTDP

We're majorly nodding along with Chris's take "I’m grateful that one series found a way to capture that grief authentically — not grief as we’d like to experience it but as it is actually lived."

Almost three years ago, we launched the Workplace Resilience program to help make these spaces more grief-ready. Since then, we’ve partnered with major corporations, small non-profits, and government agencies across the US and Canada who want to take better care of their people.

Workplaces are a tricky chess board to navigate when it comes to grief: perhaps a welcome escape from mayhem at home, an endlessly exhausting grindstone, or maybe even both at the same time.

What was it like for you coming into work grieving? Did you feel pressured to compartmentalize and perform when you were already overwhelmed? Did coworkers show up in ways that felt empowering? Or did they pry into details you’d rather leave outside the cubicle?

Hi! Are you dedicated to the work of building community for those in isolation AND you have a background in strategic communications? Ooo we want to talk to you – come join TDP HQ! thedinnerparty.org/careers

It's launch day! Tune in at 4:45ET for a press conference with the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes and our own Partnerships Director, K Scarry as we kick off "Breaking Bread", Building Bonds nyc.gov/breakingbread

Buddies Stella and Molly recently got to feel the magic of meeting in person – wow the power of finding connection through our greatest sources of isolation never gets old!Swipe through and get a Buddy thedinnerparty.org/buddysystem

As a small team of real people behind the screens, all carrying our own grief stories, we are craving some time away to recharge our batteries. We'll be officially out of the office 12/19-1/2. See you in 2023! XOXO, The Dinner Party staff

Exciting news! Thanks to a couple of generous donors, all donations will be matched up to $10,500, today through the end of the year. Forget what you learned in math class: that means $1 = $2, and the impact of every dollar is automatically doubled. supportthedinnerparty.funraise.org

If you're feeling inspired by all this work of creating spaces of care for folks grieving in isolation, we've got good news! Our annual crowdfunding campaign is still going, and we just got 1/3 of the way to our goal! supportthedinnerparty.funraise.org

We created our first annual TDP Wrapped! This is just a snippet of some of the ways our community has expanded over the course of 2022. We hope you'll enjoy pausing to reflect alongside us, and please let us know the ways your grief support community has shifted this year...

We do this work because it matters. We do this work because we heal together, not alone. And we hope you'll join us. Learn about giving the gift of connection this holiday season by visiting supportthedinnerparty.funraise.org

Fear of losing your grief support should never be a reason you endure harm. We've created an email address, bipocsupport@thedinnerparty.org, monitored by BIPOC staff only, that's always available to you. Speak up and spread the word 🙏🏾

Places of devotion to ancestors who have crossed over. It’s a lesson in how our grief journeys can hold space for so many emotions all at once, and we wanted to share a bit of that from within our own community. Enjoy and tag us if you’re sharing yours!

Make sure you have your table before the holidays! Our final host training of 2022 is coming up right around the corner. If you're craving community come learn how to host in our two-part training and create the table of your dreams! connect.thedinnerparty.org/landing/host-t…

As a community of grievers- we think it matters to have chances for us to explore together what it means to do right by one another and move through the moments that threaten to tear us apart. Join us next week: bit.ly/pathwaystorepa…

We're hearty believers in you being your own grief expert. But, with all the pieces you alone can know intimately, you do not have to be alone in carrying them. Find your fellow grievers and let's lighten each other's loads. thedinnerparty.org

An experience from TikTok that really touched us last year.