A Sacred Passing

A Sacred Passing A Sacred Passing offers death and dying education, planning, a plce to die and care.

Our Mission

A Sacred Passing's mission is to guide and assist people towards a more conscious dying experience, while honoring individual autonomy. A Sacred Passing offers death and dying education to individuals, community associations, and medical organizations. Together our organization educates, collaborates, and shares ways to be supportive educational companions. Core Values

The Crew within A Sacred Passing is made up of volunteers who work in community to create and sustain inclusivity in our classrooms and our resources. This includes building access focused, anti-racist, and gender-inclusive environments, educational materials, and community partnerships In community, we work to actively dismantle systems of power and oppression as they present in death and dying through education, care and advocacy.

With Asphodel under construction we are welcoming guests to the original space where A Place to Die started. It stared ...
09/27/2025

With Asphodel under construction we are welcoming guests to the original space where A Place to Die started. It stared in Lashanna’s studio, on her massage table. It was because of sharing what we had that we were able to grow our program into what it is now.
You can tell there’s a similar decor vibe to this studio and Asphodel 😉

Here’s to sharing and making Mr.Rogers proud.

Come out - bring a friend or two 🫶🏽・・・🌿 We’re hosting our FIRST-EVER Mental Health Fest and you’re invited!🌿⁠⁠This Octob...
09/26/2025

Come out - bring a friend or two 🫶🏽
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🌿 We’re hosting our FIRST-EVER Mental Health Fest and you’re invited!🌿⁠
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This October, we’re opening our doors for a weekend focused on care, connection, and creativity. Join us Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5, from ⁠
11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Center for a free workshop featuring:⁠
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🖼 Faces of Fortitude portrait exhibit: powerful images and stories centered on mental health and survival⁠
🎨 Art + crafts stations⁠
🍩 Free snacks and refreshments⁠
📚 Mental health and wellness resources from local providers⁠
🌈 A whole lot of q***r and trans joy⁠
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This fest was created with you in mind. Whether you can only pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time, we’d love for you to stop by and take what feels right for you.⁠
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📍 Mark your calendar. Bring a friend. Come exactly as you are.⁠
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Media Description: ⁠
“Faces of Fortitude & the Seattle LGBTQ+ Center Presents Mental Health Fest. Oct 4 & 5 Sat & Sun, 11 AM - 3 PM Location: Seattle LGBTQ+ Center 400 E. Pine Street. Art + Community + Care Join us for a weekend dedicated to community care and support around our mental health. There will be art, snacks, crafts, resources, AND a full Faces of Fortitude portrait exhibit.” Text appears above a graphic illustration of flowers.

Once upon a time, there was a tiny stoop.
09/22/2025

Once upon a time, there was a tiny stoop.

Ok! Eventbrite is updated 🫶🏽🫶🏽 Une Bonne Mort Saturday March 7,2026Tukwila Community Center *ASL interpreters* 10-11am s...
09/22/2025

Ok! Eventbrite is updated 🫶🏽🫶🏽
Une Bonne Mort Saturday March 7,2026
Tukwila Community Center
*ASL interpreters*
10-11am social time/ peruse vendors and resources
11-5:30 conference with a delicious lunch
Delightful table treats for you to take home

Community Resources
Vendors

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/une-bonne-mort-tickets-1681479212589

**thank you for all the support with the date change. The amount of folks who messaged with support in slowing it down because I needed to, made a witch cry. I have so much love for all of you people who give a s**t about others. Thank you for existing the way you do, in a world that begs you to be hard**

We also had several asks about

sponsorship- so packets will be shared over the next couple weeks.

community resources - form will be shared over the next couple weeks

vendor- application will be shared over the next couple weeks

Get yer tickets 🫶🏽🫶🏽 while they are there!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/une-bonne-mort-tickets-1681479212589

Let this be a reminder that you are indeed magic. You don’t have to justify your humanity or your right to exist. Some ...
09/22/2025

Let this be a reminder that you are indeed magic. You don’t have to justify your humanity or your right to exist.

Some humans are really out there showin themselves, let them…. Let them and be you. In the spaces that positionality presents you with privilege and power, use it. Say the words directly, quit dressing them with sugar or some false sense of professionalism.

We all depend on all of us showin up, showin up in the most radical mamma bear way, for each other. Especially for those not in the room, not at the tables, or boards, or meetings…. We need everyone to show up heart first, values front and center, with no sugar.

Une Bonne Mort has been postponed to Saturday March 7th. I (lashanna) was feeling rushed, and a sense of urgency to make...
09/21/2025

Une Bonne Mort has been postponed to Saturday March 7th. I (lashanna) was feeling rushed, and a sense of urgency to make sure we had it in this calendar year and I had to have a conversation with myself. There is literally no urgency around this, we aren’t beholden to sponsors. The venue was flexible, the speakers were ok with it, ticket purchasers were gracious when their refund came through and as a community, we all exhaled a little.

We are teaching an 8 week cohort, caring for 3 VSED guests between now and the 12th, having our front deck rebuilt and a ramp added, getting an electrical glow up, and welcoming our last deathcare resident of the year.

The conference is so important to us and with the extra time, we will be able to add a couple really important topics. So……… save Saturday March 7th and anticipate it with us, cause we are not only excited but I am able to approach it with ease and a soft tending that has been woven into it since our first one in 2019.

Mourning light
09/17/2025

Mourning light

Join us for A Sacred Passing’s next Virtual Community Care Book Club - Sunday, September 21st, 2pm-3:30pm PST(that’s 11:...
09/15/2025

Join us for A Sacred Passing’s next Virtual Community Care Book Club - Sunday, September 21st, 2pm-3:30pm PST
(that’s 11:00am-12:30pm HST & 5pm-6:30pm EST)

September’s book is Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis by Tracy Rosenthal & Leonardo Vilchis, and will be facilitated by Leilani.

You can sign up at asacredpassing.org

Sharing here some discussion prompts to think about, but also please bring your own thoughts and questions as well. The direction we go in talking about the book is not set in stone!

And reminders that late entry is okay, and also it is fine if you did not finish the book, come as you are - you just have to be okay with spoilers if that is the case!

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

We look forward to talking with and learning with y’all.

Today the folks at trusted us to create and hold a low stimulus space during the health fair. We met lots of new peopl...
09/15/2025

Today the folks at trusted us to create and hold a low stimulus space during the health fair. We met lots of new people and, hugged some familiar faces.
It was wonderful to pull up with some Art supplies and some herbs and be welcomed with such love. Thank you Nakita for your organizing. Thank you and for holding it down.

We finally got all the confirmations we needed!!! Join us for our 6th Annual Death and Dying Conference for those caring...
09/10/2025

We finally got all the confirmations we needed!!!

Join us for our 6th Annual Death and Dying Conference for those caring for the living, the dying, and the dead.
This will be a day full of thoughtful, important conversations that help expand the ways we can provide care
Date: October 12th, 2025
Time 11:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Tukwila Community Center
Topics:
11 - 11:30 Welcome
Update on A Sacred Passing and A Place to Die
Importance of supporting the things that operate outside of the systems
11:30 - 12:30 Caring for Complicated Clients
Gain skills on learning how to close care realtionships with people are are causing harm. Ending a care realtionship can be difficult and Dr. G has experience and a skills offerings for attendees to glean from.
12:30 - 1:30 Panel: Ethics and End of Life Choice under Capitalism
Health care is vanishing as are ways to meet many complicated care needs. The ways people are evualuated can be complicated and nuanced.
1:30 - 2:30 Lunch Break - look at the groups tabling and vending
2:30 - 3:00 Introduction of the Washington State Deathcare Coalition
A community rooted state wide coalition to support deathcare education, advocacy and policy. This coalition will be strongest when it is made of members from all sides of care.
3:00 - 4:00 VSED: It’s Not Always Plain and Simple
4:00 - 5:00 Slow Down, Rest, Action & Repeat: Importance of centering slowness in our movement work
5:00 - 5:30 Closing
Cost sliding scale $50 -$200

This is an in-person conference and recordings will be released at a lower cost in December. We are limiting in-person attendance to 75 seats. This year we are welcoming littles to attend with their adults- understanding the topics are sensitive!

View our website www.asacredpassing.org for updates and past conference information

Tickets here : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/une-bonne-mort-2025-tickets-1681479212589
And on our website

Thinking of you today and every day Sally Bailey. ‘To Be of Use,” is a poem by Marge Piercy that concreted her values wi...
09/09/2025

Thinking of you today and every day Sally Bailey. ‘To Be of Use,” is a poem by Marge Piercy that concreted her values with our program A Place to Die. Marge was born in Detroit, boy oh boy has the D given us some good hearted humans 😉 if you haven’t read Marge’s work, enjoy.

We received a delivery from with a feast for the mind, heart and eyes. Thank you to all the brave humans who share their brilliance via the arts. We are all so lucky.

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