For people who are grieving, work can either be a place compounding on the overwhelm and isolation, or a place of empowerment and steadiness in chaotically tough times. This workshop is designed for people with any role in an organization interested in contributing to a more attuned, responsive culture around grief.
Participants will leave with:
- Language and examples for how loss can impact individual wellbeing
- frames to consider grieving experiences with respect to their personal experiences and positionality
- Ideas for supporting grieving people on their teams, including themselves
This virtual workshop is presented by Workplace Resilience, a program of The Dinner Party. Workplace Resilience brings a relational approach into organizations to better support employees who are struggling with grief, whether from exposure on the job, or from personal losses. Our focus is on transforming organizational cultures toward grief readiness and tangible care.
Your Presenter:
MP Diaz-Frasene leads Workplace Resilience with the goal of making workplaces more human spaces for meaningful, grounded change. Prior to The Dinner Party, Mary Pauline’s work included developing and leading staff care resources for the largest social services non-profit in Washington state; supporting patients, families and staff as a hospital chaplain during the first year of COVID-19; faith-based community organizing around immigration, anti-racism, and other local concerns; and over a decade of direct services with people experiencing homelessness.
She has a Master of Arts from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, where her culminating work focused on grief as a practice in collective resistance to injustice, through the lens of the Pilipinx diaspora.
