DEATH WORKERS ALLIANCE

A quarterly digest for death workers serving marginalized communities

Vision

During the past 7 years, I’ve engaged, led, and participated in various end-of-life spaces. One thing is clear, there are VERY few BIPOC in these community gatherings which is why I began organizing BIPOC death doulas. The broader vision is centered around equity at the end of life, which led to the creation of the Death Workers’ Alliance. The mission is to bring together death doulas and other end-of-life (EOL)practitioners working with and in marginalized communities (BIPOC, disabled, low-income, LGBTQ+, Indigenous, and migrants).

The Death Workers’ Alliance is a part of that vision but brings together end-of-life (EOL) practitioners working with and in marginalized communities (BIPOC, disabled, low-income, LGBTQ+, Indigenous, and migrants).

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Featured Media

In 2021, Michelle sat down with the This Filipino American Life podcast to talk about death and dying in the Filipino community.

About Michelle

I gave birth to my children at home with the help of a birth midwife and soon realized that our society was lacking a similar tenderness and community at the end of life. We know how to give birth, but not how to receive death. I then embarked on a journey of exploring what’s possible at the end of life. Having been born and raised in the Philippines, my experience of death and dying is centered around community – from caring for the body of a loved one all the way to the unabashed expression of grief and sorrow. All that death brings, I took comfort in being held by others. About 7 years ago, I got certified in death midwifery and have been practicing since. I find so much life in my work as a death midwife, from helping with advanced care directives to guiding families in the spiritual act of cleansing and anointing the body of their loved ones. After all, as Ram Dass said, “we are all just walking each other home”.

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