RSVP for your all-access “Loss, Life & Love 3-Day Festival Pass” to attend any of the workshops and events listed below, as well as all the festival’s other virtual experiences from Thursday evening through Saturday. If you’ve already registered, you’re in! Spots are limited.

Your sliding-scale donation supports a reciprocal relationship with the Leimert Park community, helping make the in-person experience free for local residents, whose wisdom is being shared prominently throughout the festival.

SCHEDULE

12:00 – 1:30 PT | DOULASHIP FROM BIRTH TO END OF LIFE

Hosted by death doula and founder of Going with Grace, Alua Arthur, and activist Erin Wimberly. A panel conversation that will explore the weight of loss throughout the continuum, from birth to the end of life. read more >

2:00 – 3:15 PT | WHAT IF I’M THE LAST ONE TO DIE?

Hosted by financial awareness/literacy educator, Misty Wilks. A Financial Planning & Logistics Workshop to think about how your lives would be impacted financially if someone close to you dies. Will emotional grief be exacerbated by financial distress? What ‘death’ costs should we consider and how can we prepare? read more >

4:00 – 5:15 PT | USING NARRATIVE STORY TO PROCESS GRIEF: A WRITING WORKSHOP BY A CAREGIVER FOR CAREGIVERS

Throughout this workshop, Jacquelyn will openly share her personal story as a young caregiver to her grandmother and mother and how she overcame the weight by learning how to continually ask for help. Participants will be guided through movement and storytelling practices that will help to release any judgments that we hold from others and ourselves to create an environment where open and honest storytelling can prevail.

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4:00 – 5:15 PT | IMPROV AND COMEDY WORKSHOP FOR ANYONE

Hosted by Jazmin Monét Watkins

This is a wide open space for team and individual improvisation work. Black improv teams and individual improvisers are invited to come together, and jam on the festival’s themes and a standup comedian is here to host.