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1. It is impossible to consider what constitutes a good death while so many are forced to endure the constant reality of bad, violent deaths, and exist in a perpetual state of fear and mourning.

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Brianna recently wrote about the importance of art in a good death, and it's a perfect primer for this conversation: hyperallergic.com/the-importance…

Art can help us understand death, it can help us grieve, & sometimes, it can even help us imagine a better death. July's MMC features artist & curator Brianna L. Hernandez, joining us to talk about death, art, & the ways creative work can shape how we understand mortality

Watch the doc: vimeo.com/1120240039

Join filmmakers Joshua Black & Stephanie Laing as they discuss the film and their research with host Amy Shea, author of Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins: orderofthegooddeath.com/event/reel-mor…

A powerful documentary that sheds light on a deeply overlooked aspect of the homelessness crisis: people’s grief following the death of someone they care about. The film explores what it means to grieve without a house & how loss echoes through a community struggling to survive

People deserve access to death education, community support, and the full range of end-of-life options without barriers. Death literacy is a right. orderofthegooddeath.com/article/how-th…

The ruling makes it clear that providing information, advocacy, and support is a protected right, not the exclusive domain of the funeral industry.

After nearly 5 years a major victory for death education & the right to talk openly about death. In ‘21 death doula Lauren Richwine received a complaint from within the funeral industry for the supposed crime of discussing end-of-life options without a funeral director’s license

They’ll Think of Me Kindly When They Come For My Things: On Transness and Death orderofthegooddeath.com/article/theyll…

If the trailer leaves you with questions, curiosity, or a sudden urge to start talking about death over brunch this weekend, welcome, you're in the right place! 🫶🏼 orderofthegooddeath.com/start-here/

Many of the ?’s raised in the doc about funeral costs, consumer rights, environmental impact & our cultural relationship with death, are conversations the death positive movement has been having for years. We're so excited to see these important topics reach new audiences!

A new documentary is bringing conversations about deathcare, funeral practices, and greener end-of-life options to a wider audience Trailer: youtu.be/YiLlyNEES78?si…

Learn more about Mendieta and her work: youtu.be/xyS5gsw-A5Q?si…

Without barriers or chemicals, the body is free to decompose naturally becoming soil, nourishing plants, sustaining ecosystems. Transforming and reintegrating into life.

In artist Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Series, she pressed, carved, or traced the outline of her body into soil, sand, grass, and stone. Sometimes filled with flowers, fire, or water, these forms were never permanent. They eventually faded, were washed away, or burned out.

-And much more! Whether you’re a deathcare professional, longtime advocate, or simply death-curious, Order Membership offers context, care, and community. Not a member yet? Join here: orderofthegooddeath.com/membership

-How AI is transforming funeral homes, from obituary writing to “grief sensitive” AI receptionists -What recent backlash against green burial grounds reveals about our society and why the work of the death positive movement is crucial

The Order Member newsletter is hitting inboxes today. What's inside this month? -A possible new form of body disposition that turns decomposition into light -Lots of human composting news including why OK’s legislation became a larger fight over religion & bodily autonomy