Death Cafe Danville #1
A write up of Death Cafe Danville
By Jennifer A.
The first Death Cafe Danville met for two hours for lively and sometimes laughter-filled conversations about death-related topics. Eleven of the expected 14 people participated and one individual came to the venue for something unrelated and asked to join the group, for a total of 12 attendees.
Some of the topics were: the importance of voicing what you want done with your corpse, the afterlife, Victorian mourning traditions, society's attitudes about death, death in other cultures (ex. Tibetan sky burials), and how death impacts daily life.
The majority of participants made sure to let me know that they'd like to attend future Death Cafes. Words/phrases used to describe the event were "awesome," "informative," "a learning experience," "different," "exciting," "fun," "enlightening," and "cozy."