Death Collective of Eastern Iowa

01/01/2026

https://otherwise.one/revillaging-blog-1/

A village is how we humans and non-humans live together. The scope and range of a group of people is determined by the availability of energetic input. In revillaging, we consider the essential needs of our communities and lost skills needed to meet them with a grounded, realistic view of our entang...

12/31/2025

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2025-12-30/what-being-around-death-taught-this-hospital-chaplain-about-life

J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and how to reckon with uncomfortable feelings about death.

12/17/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/jennifernew/p/good-grief?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

On finding great happiness while connecting over great loss; the politics of grief

12/17/2025

“Loss itself is natural. Loss is change”

In this powerful episode, Prentis is joined by transformative grief activist, movement strategist, writer, Malkia Devich Cyril. Malkia shares stories and wisdom from their personal experience of loss, the possibility that emerges when we attend to...

12/15/2025

Give what you can. Help where you can….

Music & Stories, and Mutual Aid

12/15/2025

“The body knows what to do”

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1546510546660325?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw

12/11/2025

https://www.vulture.com/article/ruthie-ann-miles-the-seat-of-our-pants.html

The actress, who has played three grieving mothers in as many years, thinks it’s a “privilege” to watch others mourn.

12/03/2025

https://www.facebook.com/thedougycenter/posts/pfbid034LYERspMtaDNJnvwh4z9fiij2rsgawggc18mojEBC12CzqZn3sNDSNYV675Wr3ewl

Dougy December tip #1:
Talk with friends and family about expectations, limits, and hopes for the holiday season and remember - there’s no right or wrong way to approach this time
of year. For more resources and support, go to www.dougy.org/resources.