Cotati Event: All Day Death Immersion

A day long event immersing ourselves in films, speakers, death cafe, breakouts, Q&A, film segments that involve the vast array of issues relating to Death.

$30 Full day. $20 Half day. $10 per film.
Monday, September 28
9am - 5pm

Songbird Community Healing Center
8297 Old Redwood Hwy
Cotati, CA 94931
www.songbirdcenter.org
707-795-2398

Hello and greetings from Bob Banner, the Director of HopeDance Films.

You may know me from randomly screening films at Songbird Community Healing Center in Cotati and other places in Sonoma County. The last time I was at Songbird was to screen the films COWSPIRACY, ANIMAL COMMUNICATOR and SONG OF A NEW EARTH. Now I’m writing to invite you to participate as a speaker, vendor, participant, and/or sponsor in an all day Immersion into the subject of Death on Monday, September 28.

In May of 2015, in my hometown of SLO (San Luis Obispo), I decided to do something a bit outrageous— an all day Immersion into the subject of Death. I felt like I needed it, since I was finally asking the big question and especially since seeing “Griefwalker” during our local film festival. The movie moved me to a depth that I needed to explore the usually forbidden topic and possibly share the Immersion with others. So, the Death Immersion was birthed. We had two major films, a few film segments, and 12 speakers along with some vendors, physical movements, breaks and time for Q&A’s.

Because I’m a generalist, I didn’t want to focus only on one specific topic of Death but as many as I could, whose only limitations were the people in my community.

We screened the film “Griefwalker” and “Death Makes Life Possible,” a segment from the music video called “What About Me? (1 Giant Leap)”that specifically focused on death via Michael Franti, Lila Downs, Krishna Das, Carlos Santana, Rokia Traore and others, as well as a PBS short segment about green burials.

Our speakers included a death midwife, friends who took care of their dying friend, near-death experiencers (or NDE’s as they are called), a ceremony, a Tibetan meditation, an elder who told us how we can commit suicide legally plus a woman speaking about green burials and other topics and experiences—with Tai-chi-like movement, prayer and ceremony included.

See the letter introducing the event: http://www.hopedance.org/other-news/2839

Store: http://www.hopedance.org/store

Sponsorships TBA (or $450 donation to our non profit can give 15 free scholarships to students or people in need: http://www.hopedance.org/store

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/148009775535383/

Contact: Bob Banner
Director of HopeDance FiLMs • 805.762.4848 / info@hopedance.org /www.Hopedance.org
3960 S. Higuera St. #104, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

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