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Death Over Coffee: A FREE community conversation about dying, death, and how to navigate what comes with it—starting from where you are today, ideally before it’s urgent. All are welcome. No experience required.

SPONSORED BY:
Portsmouth Senior Activity Center: Programs and activities for ages 50+
Seacoast Village Project: Building community, knowledge and support with seniors aging at home

What You Can Expect: Each month features a new conversation starter (we call them die-a-logue starters!) designed to spark meaningful discussion around topics related to end-of-life. You'll join a small, facilitated group to share, listen, and reflect. We wrap up with a few small steps—ideas to consider, conversations to have, or things to explore. You leave with something personal to carry forward.

We get it—talking about death can feel awkward, but it doesn’t have to be. Death Over Coffee is a relaxed, judgment-free event where people come together to have real conversations about something we all have in common: mortality.

Think of it as a chance to:

• Expand: No two end-of-lifes are alike—hear a range of perspectives and insights that can shape your own thinking.
• Reflect: Consider what aging, caregiving, and end-of-life decisions mean in your own life and how you might communicate them to those that matter.
• Explore: Take a fresh look at the practical side of dying, even if you think you’ve got it all buttoned up.
• Support: Discover how we can show up for one another—both now and in the future. 

(Death Over Coffee is not a grief group, but we know tender moments show up when they want to. You’re encouraged to participate at your own comfort level.)

Come curious, bring a friend—or come solo and leave with new connections.

Please arrive by 9:50am, help yourself to a cup of coffee. We’ll kick things off at 10am and at 11:15am we’ll share some shared reflections before you depart (no pun intended!) with something that might “break the ice” with someone else down the road.

About the Speaker: Laura Clemenson is an end-of-life doula who supports individuals and families navigate the dying process in a non-medical fashion. She founded the Pre-Dead Social Club in March 2023 because she believed that people wanted to talk about these important topics but didn't know where to go.