INTERNATIONAL DEATH, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT CONFERENCE
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2024
International Death, Grief and Bereavement Conference
Death, Dying, and Bereavement: Diversity Throughout the Lifespan
Pre-conference: June 2, 2024
Conference: June 3–5, 2024
Register today!
Student Union
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
521 East Avenue N
La Crosse, WI 54601
Who should attend
Behavioral Health Professionals • Case Managers • Clergy • Counselors • Educators • Funeral Directors • Healthcare Professionals • Hospice providers • Palliative Care Providers • Program Directors • Social Workers
How you will benefit:
• Share in intimate and transformative educational experiences.
• Foster new relationships and connections to stay with you through your career.
• Gain insight and grow to new levels both personally and professionally.
In our diverse and rich world, it is important to explore global, cultural and ethical contexts of the death, dying and grief experience among dying persons, family members, healthcare providers and within support circles and systems.
Death, dying, grief and bereavement are impacted by a multitude of factors including age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, society, religion, sexuality and more.
2024 Conference topics will explore:
- How these factors impact end of life care and the grieving process
- How our relationship to grief changes throughout the lifespan
- How to better understand the intersection between diversity, in all its forms, and death, dying and bereavement
Planning Committee
• Gerry Cox, Ph.D., UW-La Crosse, Emeritus
• Dan Festa, Ph.D., Pastor
• Laurel Elizabeth Hilliker, Ph.D., FT, Sociologist
• Karen McGarvey, UW-La Crosse
• Amber Miller-Adamany, UW-La Crosse
• Erica Srinivasan, Ph.D., UW-La Crosse (credentialing)
• Andrew Vitale, CT, Author
• Milandrie Wakim, UW-La Crosse