PAUSE’s “Leading through loss” series aims to gather workplace leaders (in particular - Employee Resource Group/ERG leaders) for workshops focused on how to support their employees, colleagues, and community through grief, loss, and bereavement leave.
*That said, these workshops are open to the general public and will be incredibly useful / relevant to anyone supporting folks navigating grief, dying, and death. We invite anyone and everyone interested in this topic to join!
Workshop #2.2 “Navigating end-of-life, grief, and work while caregiving for aging or seriously ill family/community members” will cover grief, death, and serious illness considerations for people who are working while also caregiving for older adults, seriously ill folks, and anyone facing end-of-life. We’ll also discuss how employers, leaders, and colleagues can best support the folks in their community that are straddling work and caregiving responsibilities.
This workshop is for you if:
- Your role involves supporting folks through grief, death, and bereavement leave.
- You’re passionate about making your workplace or other workplaces safer and more inclusive for those who are grieving or navigating death/loss.
- You feel like you’re ill-equipped by your workplace when it comes to supporting folks that you manage or interact with.
- You fit the description of the folks we’re talking about serving (caregivers) and you want to learn more about how you can advocate for better care and resources at your workplace.
In this workshop we’ll explore the following questions:
- How do grief, death, and bereavement leave uniquely impact folks who are caregiving for seriously ill and dying family members/community members?
- How might you equip yourself to better support caregivers who are navigating grief and end-of-life?
- How can you or your workplace expand your internal resources and offerings?
- What resources are out there to support caregivers who are navigating grief, death, and serious illness?
In this workshop attendees will:
- Learn via resources from leaders in the grief, end-of-life, and HR/business spaces
- Interact with other attendees in small group and large group discussions
- Participate in numerous activities and practices that will be directly applicable to their roles
- Have a live Q&A with the workshop leader
- Gain access to a customized resource list that’ll support them as they step out of the workshop and back into their workplace (and wider community!)\
Closed Captions are available for this Zoom webinar to help you follow along if necessary.
If you have any questions about this workshop, or if you’d like a private offering of this workshop for your workplace, please reach out to hello@timetopause.org.
Alica Forneret (she/her) is an educator, speaker, and consultant dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore grief and grieving. She is the Founder and Executive Director of PAUSE, a nonprofit focused on supporting Communities of Color through grief and end of life. Alica's writing and work about grief, work, and race have been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, GQ, and more.
PAUSE is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting people of color through grief and end of life with safe, culturally-sensitive, and expert-informed resources.
