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Introduction & Welcome

Featured Speaker: Michael Balboni

How to Talk About End-of-Life Planning

• Katie Benn (Oncology Nurse)

Here & Hereafter: End-of-Life Ministry in the Church

• Mary Malhotra (St. James)

• Andrea Steinkamp (St. Paul & St. Andrew)

• Ronalda Nicholas (Hope Church)

• moderated by Eva Ting (Here to Honor)

End-of-Life Care at the Margins

• Amy Shea (Too Poor to Die Author)

• Elsie Soto (Friends of Hart Island)

• moderated by Emma Acker (All’s Well Initiative)

The Spirit of Hosting

• Rachel Snyder (Rachel Snyder Hospitality)

Tea & Mortality

• Daphne McWilliams (End-of-Life Doula)

Guided Prayer & Meditation

• David Kim (Goldenwood)

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“Tree of Life” Mural Tour & Artist Talk

• Dana Tanamachi (Artist)

Faith & Readiness in a Medical Crisis

• John Alsdorf (Retired, Advisor and Consultant)

• Kate Sokol (Nurse Practitioner)

After I’m Gone: Care of the Body in Death

• Amy Cunningham (Funeral Director & Celebrant)

• Gabrielle Gatto (Green-Wood Cemetery)

• Scott Wohl (LiveOnNY)

• moderated by Erica Hill (Sparrow Funeral Home)

The Coordination of Care

• Marni Blank (Begin with the End)

• Natalia Rodriguez (PSS Circle of Care)

• Kim Hong (Palliative Care Social Worker)

• Tatiana Lloyd-Dotta (Geriatric Social Worker)

• moderated by Eva Ting (Here to Honor)

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Holding Communal Space for Grief

• Ellie Ledin (Inheritance of Hope)

• Dr. Venus Mahmoodi (Professor and Clinical Psychologist)

• Rebecca Missel (Grief & Bereavement Specialist)

• moderated by Marisa Sifontes (St. James’ Church)

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Closing Thoughts