Mourning
Death Salon San Francisco
Fleet Room, Fort Mason Center 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn the spirit of the eighteenth-century salon - informal gatherings of intellectuals - Death Salon encourages conversations on mortality and mourning and their resonating effects on our culture and history.
Maafa Commemoration Ceremony
Ocean Beach Great Highway at Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Maafa ritual, October 12, 2014, is an honoring of our past and a prayer for our future. All black people are invited to come and share in this time of remembrance. We ask for this one event, those who support the well-being of black people respect our desires about the commemoration ceremony and mourning ritual.
Barry and Maya Spector’s Day of the Dead Ritual
Hillside Church 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito, CA, United StatesWe will take a full day to help each other remember our ancestors and our personal and collective losses. This will be a day of mourning and remembrance, but also of great beauty and celebration. There will be poetry, storytelling, drumming, altar-building and chanting from African, Celtic, Mexican and other traditions."
Barry and Maya Spector’s Day of the Dead Ritual
Hillside Church 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito, CA, United StatesWe will take a full day to help each other remember our ancestors and our personal and collective losses.