Death Cafe profile for Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles
Location: United States
https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusDeathCafe
About Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles:
The first Death Cafe in the U.S. was hosted by Lizzy Miles (right) and Maria Johnson in Columbus, Ohio on July 19, 2012.
Lizzy and Maria are grad school classmates who discovered they both had a passion for hospice and end-of-life issues.
Lizzy continued to host Death Cafes in Columbus and has mentored dozens of other hosts around the world.
New to hosting Columbus Death Cafe in November 2013, Linda Manley is a nurse practitioner with 35 years of emergency and flight nursing and a background in near-death experience research.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
Originally, I thought I would help people become more comfortable talking about death. I soon realized from my program evaluations that the people who came to the Death Cafe events were already comfortable talking about death. People who are not comfortable don't come! I don't like to push the idea on anyone. If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to. Everybody is on their own journey. I do believe those who do confront their mortality when it is a hypothetical have an easier time when it becomes a reality. We are all going to die sometime and we really have no idea when.
What would you like your legacy to be?
I want people to say I was happy-go-lucky. I'm really not, but I hope to be by the time I die. I'm working on it.
Thoughts for sharing:
"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing." - Agatha Christie
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." ―Isaac Asimov
"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow."
-Euripides
Contact Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles
Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles's posts on the Death Cafe website
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe at the Wex
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Dec. 28, 2019, 3:44 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Feb. 23, 2020, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)
Accepts donations
A worldwide, volunteer-based phenomenon, Death Cafe encourages people to share food, drink, and small-group conversation about death and dying in a comfortable setting free of agenda or ideology. Hosted by ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Dec. 28, 2019, 2:55 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Jan. 11, 2020, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe at the Wex
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Oct. 25, 2019, 2:41 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Nov. 17, 2019, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
A worldwide, volunteer-based phenomenon, Death Cafe encourages people to share food, drink, and small-group conversation about death and dying in a comfortable setting free of agenda or ideology. Hosted by ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe at the Wex
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 13, 2019, 7:25 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles
July 13, 2019, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
A worldwide, volunteer-based phenomenon, Death Cafe encourages people to share food, drink, and small-group conversation about death and dying in a comfortable setting free of agenda or ideology. Hosted by ...
Death Cafe: Upper Arlington Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on May 25, 2019, 3:10 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles with Ed Sweeney
July 30, 2019, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on May 25, 2019, 7:53 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Sept. 14, 2019, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 26, 2019, 3:42 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
June 22, 2019, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 4, 2019, 4:15 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Jan. 26, 2019, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Aug. 8, 2018, 5:44 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Alexis Babik
Oct. 27, 2018, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 6, 2018, 9:58 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Linda Manley
July 21, 2018, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe write up: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 28, 2018, 4:19 p.m.
This was a Death Cafe I will never forget. We had a good turnout, which always a pleasant surprise. I never know how many people will come since I don’t require RSVPs. We had 22 guests and 2 hosts which meant an animated room at the Westerville Library. I always do small group rotations and then at the end, we have a group discussion.
Phil, a musician with the Drowsy Lads who happens to be a fan of Death Cafe brought his banjo and played an instrumental tune for the attendees while they were filling out their surveys.
When we had the big group discussion, my friend ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 1, 2018, 2:24 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Linda Manley
Jan. 27, 2018, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is a discussion group, not a ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 28, 2017, 12:26 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Linda Manley
July 22, 2017, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY DEATH CAFE!!!
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind related to death & dying. This is ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Aug. 17, 2016, 6:57 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Jan. 14, 2017, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 30, 2016, 9:31 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Aug. 6, 2016, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe write up: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 26, 2016, 3:18 p.m.
Biggest attendance yet! We had 28 people. 100% of survey respondents said they would recommend the event to family or friends.
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 23, 2016, 2:26 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Linda Manley
March 24, 2016, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 23, 2016, 2:24 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Linda Manley
Feb. 25, 2016, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe: Westerville Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Nov. 13, 2015, 3:26 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Linda Manley
Jan. 23, 2016, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe: Gahanna Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 23, 2015, 10:24 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Julie Olds
Oct. 6, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (eastern)
free
Death Cafe Columbus is branching out to new locations! This event will be in Gahanna.
Coffee, tea and cake will be provided!
No RSVP is necessary. Bring friends and family ...
With Lizzy Miles and Julie Olds
June 3, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (eastern)
free
Death Cafe Columbus is branching out to new locations! This event will be in Gahanna.
Coffee, tea and cake will be provided!
No RSVP is necessary. Bring friends and family ...
Death Cafe: Gahanna Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on April 28, 2015, 1:41 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Julie Olds
May 7, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (eastern)
free
Death Cafe Columbus is branching out to new locations! This event will be in Gahanna.
Coffee, tea and cake will be provided!
No RSVP is necessary. Bring friends and family ...
New Blog post: ICCFA Exhibit Hall
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on April 10, 2015, 3:56 p.m.
I'm attending the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) conference in San Antonio, TX. Coincidentally, the ICCFA conference is also here. ICCFA graciously allowed ADEC members to attend their exhibit hall. It was my first time at a funeral conference exhibit hall and so I walked up and down the aisles with awe. With permission from ICCFA, I took pictures of what drew my attention as a hospice social worker, a bereaved person ...
Practitioners question: Survey Data
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on March 4, 2015, 4:02 p.m.
Do you administer surveys at your Death Cafes? If so, have you tabulated the data? Would like to compare results...
Death Cafe: Westerville A.M. Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Feb. 16, 2015, 3:05 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Eric Maedeker
March 7, 2015, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe in Gahanna, OH
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Feb. 6, 2015, 7:58 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Julie Olds
March 19, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (eastern)
free
Death Cafe Columbus is branching out to new locations! This event will be in Gahanna.
Coffee, tea and cake will be provided!
No RSVP is necessary. Bring friends and family ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 11, 2015, 12:22 p.m.
With Linda and Pat Manley
Jan. 29, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. (EST)
free
Death Cafe: Death Cafe in Worthington, OH for Healthcare Professionals
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 7, 2015, 9:45 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Julie Olds
Jan. 21, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (eastern)
free
This Death Cafe is a special offering for healthcare professionals who feel uncertain about attending a regular community Death Cafe. (We won't be checking IDs at the door, so ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2014, 8:17 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Oct. 29, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Practitioners question: Got Media?
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Aug. 2, 2014, 5:39 a.m. 3 comments
If you landed a Death Cafe interview and you are nervous about talking to the media, send me a message through this website and I can help you prepare.
Over the past two years I have done quite a few media interviews on Death Cafe: newspaper, magazine, radio, television. I ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on July 21, 2014, 12:04 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles
Sept. 10, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free to attend
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on July 18, 2014, 2:40 p.m.
In the past two years not much has changed for the Columbus Death Cafe and yet everything has changed. The Columbus event is just as it was 2 years ago...but now we have a whole connected network of hosts around the country and around the world.
There was a smaller group this evening, but with Death Cafe conversations, smaller is sometimes better. The diversity of the attendee backgrounds and experiences always leads to an unpredictable conversation. One attendee had a background in processing death penalty cases, which he mentioned as he introduced himself. This led into a conversation about the recent ruling in California which deemed death ...
New Blog post: Caregiver strain
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 21, 2014, 2:05 p.m.
Found these two articles in the South China Morning Post back to back. I forgot the date. Sadly they speak to the universal nature of caregiver stress. I am thankful that there are social workers like Megan Mooney who are working on interventions to support caregivers. Megan's Caregiver Facebook discussion group is truly innovative. At ICGB, we learned about other ways patient and caregiver anxiety can be reduced via mind-body training, art therapy or ...
New Blog post: Alive in the Mortuary
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 21, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
Found this in the South China Morning Post. I forgot the date. Imagine how desperate things would have to be to try to freeze yourself to death. Egads. This makes me sad.
Press: At Hong Kong's Death Cafe, it is love and life that is on the menu
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 14, 2014, 5:35 p.m.
First Death Cafe in Hong Kong! Megan Mooney and Lizzy Miles helped the hosts get it up and running and were also present at the event. Not mentioned as much in the article, this event followed the International Conference on Grief and Berevement, so in addition to the local attendees ...
South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1532994/hong-kongs-death-cafe-it-love-and-life-menu
New Blog post: Death Cafe HK
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 11, 2014, 8:14 a.m. 1 comment
Wow... just wow. So neat to see this sign at the ICGB Conference.
New Blog post: Can Death Be Funny?
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 10, 2014, 9:44 p.m. 10 comments
My favorite place to buy souvenirs is the grocery store. It is relatively inexpensive to buy a large number of gift items.
The other day Megan and I came across a Russian Roulette chocolate "game" here in Hong Kong. There are 12 chocolates in the box: 11 are tasty, and one has hot chili peppers and will "blow your head off." Immediately I laughed. Then I started thinking about how I could buy chocolate without ...
New Blog post: It's All Good
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 7, 2014, 4:30 p.m.
This trip has not been without its challenges. The flights were super long and just as we would fall asleep, the flight attendants would come on intercom and make a series of announcements in three languages. When we got to Hong Kong, Megan's luggage was there. For me there was a sign taped to a bin telling me to find a baggage person. My luggage was not going to in Hong Kong for another ...
New Blog post: Fear of the Number 4
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 7, 2014, 10:27 a.m. 2 comments
Tretraphobia, or fear of the number 4, is very real in Hong Kong. The elevators are missing the 4th and 13th floors. The superstition against the number 4 is due to its Cantonese similarity to the word for death. Here is an article about a current local controvery with the number 13. Note at the bottom of the article, they were succesful with banning the number 4.
http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/4559297-emotional-plea-for-13-richmond-hill-address-change-delayed/
Incidentally, our ...
New Blog post: Megan and Lizzy meet for the first time
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on June 5, 2014, 7 a.m. 5 comments
Megan flew in to Columbus today in preparation for our trip to Hong Kong. For dinner I took her to the Panera where the first Death Cafe in the United States was held.
Practitioners question: ICGB 2014
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on May 12, 2014, 7:37 p.m.
Wondering if any of the international Death Cafe hosts will be in Hong Kong for the International Conference on Grief and Bereavement? Megan from St. Joe and I will be there.
With Lizzy Miles
July 16, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (est)
Free! (donations welcome)
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Practitioners question: Death Cafe Media Library
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on April 7, 2014, 11:50 p.m. 2 comments
Hi all,
Jon and I get media requests from journalists that are writing about the Death Cafe movement as a whole. Many times they ask for photographs of Death Cafe events. It would be nice to be able to showcase the diversity of Death Cafes.
If you have a high ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on April 4, 2014, 11:48 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles
May 7, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (est)
Free! (donations welcome)
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Art: Quotes to Ponder - Crochet
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on March 16, 2014, 6:24 p.m. 1 comment
Practitioners question: Topics at events
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on March 13, 2014, 3:45 a.m. 4 comments
The Death Cafe model is unique. One key aspect is the unstructured/anything goes format. Some well-meaning practitioners have put together events with structure and topics in attempt to meet their perceived needs of their community. When these events are called Death Cafes, it is frustrating to purists who want ...
This came to me one day when I woke up
Link: Death Cafe Webinar
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on March 12, 2014, 5:29 p.m. 3 comments
Hi all,
In conjunction with the Association for Death Education and Counseling, I am hosting a webinar about Death Cafe:
The Death Café Movement: Engaging the Community with Conversations about Death
You do not need to attend this webinar in order to host your own Death Cafe. The guidelines for ...
http://www.adec.org/source/distanceEd/webinar_details.cfm?mtg=WEB0314
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on March 8, 2014, 11:42 p.m.
With Lizzy Miles
April 2, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free Event; Food available for purchase
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
Practitioners question: Death Cafe surveys
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 19, 2014, 5:26 p.m. 7 comments
Curious how many practitioners are passing out surveys after the events. If you are, are you tabulating your results? What have you learned from the surveys? If you have tabulated results, I would love to see them. It would be interesting to see how similar or different the events are ...
Practitioners question: Areas with no Death Cafes
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Jan. 19, 2014, 5:22 p.m. 5 comments
Hi all,
I like to count where Death Cafes are and where they aren't. We have had Death Cafes in 34 states and D.C. Where there aren't Death Cafes is most of the south. Why do you suppose that is? I could not find any in TN ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Dec. 4, 2013, 6:17 p.m.
With Carissa and Lizzy
Dec. 14, 2013, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (est)
Free to attend. Please support the establishment
New location! There is no cost to attend, however, Peet's Coffee and Tea is graciously allowing us to use the establishment. We would appreciate patronage of their business in ...
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Nov. 16, 2013, 2:43 p.m.
On November 14th, the Columbus Death Café met at the Lavash Café in Clintonville. The 14 participants were a diverse group with a wide range in ages (20’s to 60’s), backgrounds, and spiritual beliefs with a few describing themselves as atheists and agnostic, setting the tone for a thought-provoking night.
The dialogue was sometimes funny, often touching. One person read an excerpt from the popular book “Stiff” leading to a discussion about dark humor, grief and coping skills. Others discussed buckets lists, loss of pets, and an emerging trend of celebrating someone’s life before they die rather than after, at the funeral. A social ...
Art: I'd rather Die in My Sleep
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Nov. 6, 2013, 5:16 p.m.
Art: Rage against the dying of the light
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Nov. 6, 2013, 5:15 p.m.
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Oct. 24, 2013, 7:40 p.m.
With Linda Manley and Lizzy Miles
Nov. 14, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. (EST)
free
Press: Living It Up at the Death Café: An Interview with Lizzy Miles
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 16, 2013, 8:50 p.m.
Los Angeles Review of Books: http://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/living-it-up-at-the-death-cafe-an-interview-with-lizzy-miles/
Toronto Death Cafe starts around 13 minutes into the radio program
CBC Radio: http://www.cbc.ca/howtodoit/episodes/2013/08/27/how-to-die/
Press: "Death cafes" gaining popularity
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 16, 2013, 5:43 p.m.
Press: Tea, cake and mortality? 'Death cafes' popping up in Canadian cities Read more: http://www.ctvnews
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 16, 2013, 5:41 p.m.
Featuring Vancouver's first Death Cafe
Press: Death, coffee and Bundt cakes: Death Cafés are safe places to talk about the afterlife
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 16, 2013, 5:39 p.m.
Featuring Toronto's first Death Cafe
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/at-the-death-cafes-difficult-conversations-along-with-tea/article12873479/
Death Cafe: Columbus Death Cafe
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 10 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
Sept. 18, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free (Donations appreciated but not expected)
Guests over 18 please. If you are ordering dinner, please order in time to be seated by 7:00. Feel free to bring your dinner in to the room.
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #9
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:53 a.m.
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #9
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:52 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
May 15, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Suggested $5 donation
Death Cafe write up: Second LGBT Death Cafe in the US!
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:51 a.m.
Death Cafe: Second LGBT Death Cafe in the US!
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:49 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Stonewall Columbus
April 30, 2013, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #7
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:45 a.m.
I Need to Know
By Lizzy Miles
This Death Café was an exciting event because we had just recently been featured in the Huffington Post in an article, “Death Cafes grow as a Place to Discuss, Learn about End of Life.” The article garnered hundreds of comments and I started to get emails from people who were interested in attending. I worried that we might have TOO big of a crowd.
But let’s be real here. People aren’t beating down the doors to have a conversation about death. It take a brave soul to face their own mortality. I used to worry about attendance, but now ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #8
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:43 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
March 13, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Suggested $5 donation
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #7
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:43 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
Feb. 6, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Suggested $5 donation
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #6
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:41 a.m.
The Death Café events never cease to amaze me in the variety of attendees, which leads to unique conversations each time. This Death Café had some repeat attendees and some new ones. Mix in an attendee with a Master’s in Transpersonal Psychology and an attendee who ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #6
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:40 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
Jan. 9, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Suggested $5 donation
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #5
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:37 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
Nov. 12, 2012, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Suggested $5 donation
Death Cafe write up: First LGBT Death Cafe in the US!
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:35 a.m.
The First LGBT Death Café in the United States
By Lizzy Miles
It was raining buckets on the evening that we had our first LGBT Death Café. The event was hosted in partnership with Stonewall Columbus, an organization that has been serving the central Ohio LGBT community with programs and services for over thirty years. I was so grateful that they agreed to co-organize this pilot program.
A funny side note about our cake for the event. Lori Gum, my co-facilitator and the Stonewall Program Director, ordered it. She requested that it had tombstones, but a blue sky. The cake decorator automatically asked if it was for Halloween ...
Death Cafe: First LGBT Death Cafe in the US!
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9:30 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Stonewall Columbus
Sept. 27, 2012, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #3
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 9 a.m.
I am continually amazed at the diversity of conversations that arise from the Death Café events. Each event is unique and the variety stems from the topics brought up by the participants. While Maria and I call ourselves facilitators, we are more like hosts that start the ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #3
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 8:48 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
Sept. 24, 2012, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Suggested $5 donation
Death Cafe write up: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #2
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 8:38 a.m.
Eddie Izzard may ask you to choose between cake or death, but at the Death Café, you can have cake AND death (conversation). Twenty-one people attended the second Columbus, Ohio Death Café on August 23, 2012.
When asked what interested them about the Death Café, the attendees ...
Death Cafe: Columbus Ohio Death Cafe #2
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 8:22 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
Aug. 23, 2012, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
Guests over 18 please.
Death Cafe write up: First Death Cafe in the US!
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 8:14 a.m.
Thursday night’s Death Café event in Columbus, Ohio was a pleasant way to spend the evening. Although it was hot and muggy outside, 13 brave participants came to gather with strangers to talk about death.
More than half of the attendees who RSVP’d ended up ...
Death Cafe: First Death Cafe in the US!
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on Sept. 12, 2013, 7:52 a.m.
With Lizzy Miles and Maria Johnson
July 19, 2012, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
Guests over 18 please.