We offer free presentations to community groups, churches, schools, professional organizations. Please contact us if you would like an expert on end of life options speak to your organization. Below is a list of some recently given presentations.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
Past Hemlock Presentations:
| Date | Topic | Location | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/5/2022 1:00 to 2:30pm | Life's Sunset - Plan Before the Sun Goes Down, Part 1 of 3: Planning including Family Conversations and writing your advance directive | Grossmont Oasis Center or via Zoom. A $15 fee for all 3. sessions. Reservations are required. Class #533 Register for all 3 sessions | Bill Simmons, Attorney |
| 12/7/2022 1:00 to 2:30pm | Part 2 of 3: California End of Life Option Act and other options for choosing your exit. | Grossmont Oasis Center or via Zoom. A $15 fee for all 3 sessions. Reservations are required. Class #566 | Bill Simmons, Attorney |
| 12/9/2022 1:00 to 2:30pm | Part 3: The problem of dementia -- There is no good answer. | Grossmont Oasis Center or via Zoom. A $15 fee for all 3 sessions. Reservations are required. Class #566 | Bill Simmons, Attorney |
| 1/7/2023 10:00 to 11:30am | Writing Advance Directives | Scripps Ranch Public Library - 10301 Scripps Lake Dr, San Diego, CA 92131 | Bill Simmons, Attorney |
| 1/21/2023 10:00 to 11:30am | California End of Life Option and Act and other options for shortening life | Scripps Ranch Public Library - 10301 Scripps Lake Dr, San Diego, CA 92131 | Bill Simmons, Attorney |
| 9/22/22 | Choice, Dignity, and Control at the End of Life | Florence Riford Senior Center - 6811 La Jolla Blvd | Faye Girsh |
| 5/4/21 | Right to Die Updates | Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UCSD | Faye Girsh |
| 3/24/21 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Torrey Pines Rotary Club | Faye Girsh |
| 3/9/21 | Right to Die | HumanGood (Zoom) | Faye Girsh |
| 2/18/21 | End of Life Choice | Santee/Lakeside Rotary Club (Zoom) | Faye Girsh |
| 1/30/20 | How to Avoid a Prolonged, Excruciating, Degrading, and/or Bankrupting End-of-Life Experience | Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club | Mits Tomita |
| 11/26/19 | End of Life Choice | UCSD OSHER | Faye Girsh |
| 10/28/19 | Whose Life is it Anyway? | San Diego State University OSHER | Barry Price, Faye Girsh |
| 10/7/19 | End of Life Option Act and Dementia | UCSD Retirement Assn. | Bill Simmons |
| 9/13/19 | Think/talk/write, End of Life Option Act,, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking and other options. | Oasis: San Carlos Library | Bill Simmons |
| 8/15/19 | Think/talk/write, End of Life Option Act,, Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking and other options. | Oasis: Grossmont | Bill Simmons |
| 8/11/19 | End of Life Choices | St. Paul's Episcopal Church | Barry Price |
| 7/25/19 | Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal? | La Jolla Sunrise Rotary | Faye Girsh |
| 7/3/19 | End of Life Choices | Brandeis University Women, Rancho Bernardo | Faye Girsh |
| 4/3/19 | Think, Talk and Write. Advance Directives and More | Oasis | William Simmons |
| 3/27/19 | End of Life Option Act | Oasis | William Simmons |
| 3/16/19 | End of Life Option Act | First Unitarian Universalist of San Diego | Faye Girsh, Barry Price |
| 2/21/19 | CA End of Life Option Act | Sociology Department, San Diego State University | Mits Tomita, Bill Simmons |
| 1/26/19 | Whose Life Is it Anyway: Your choices at the End of Life | Unitarian Universalist Church, Fullerton CA | Faye Girsh |
| 10/31/18 | CA End of Life Option Act | Sociology Department, San Diego State University | Mits Tomita, Bill Simmons |
| 8/14/18 | Plan Ahead: Choose the way you Die | OSHER, UCSD | Bill Simmons |
| 8/11/18 | Speaking of Dying | San Marcos Library | Courtney Sniderman, RN Barry Price, Ph.D |
| 6/16/18 | End of Life Planning and Choices | Mira Mesa Library | Dr. Mitsuo Tomita, Barry Price |
| 5/25/18 | How We Die in America | UCSD | Faye Girsh |
| 4/28/18 | Good Life, Good Death, How to Live Right, How to Die Right | Solana Beach Library | Dr. Mits Tomita, Faye Girsh |
| 4/20/18 | End of Life Option Act: Fact, Fiction, and Failure | California Lawyers Association, Real Property Law Section. Hyatt Regency, San Francisco. | Faye Girsh, William Simmons |
| 3/14/18 | Speaking of Dying | La Jolla Library | Faye Girsh, Mits Tomita |
| 3/13/18 | End of Life Choices | Casa de Manana Retirement Community | Faye Girsh |
| 2/15/18 | CA End of Life Option Act | Sociology Department, San Diego State University | Mits Tomita, Bill Simmons |
| 2/7/18 | Dementia and Death | San Diego Coalition for End of Life Care | Faye Girsh |
| 12/8/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | North County Estate Planning Council | Faye Girsh |
| 11/5/17 | Holy Endings: End of Life Issues | 44th Annual Diocesan Convention | Faye Girsh |
| 10/25/17 | Family Conversations and Advance Directives | Oasis | Bill Simmons |
| 9/19/17 | California End of Life Option Act | Oasis,Grossmont Shopping Center | Bill Simmons |
| 9/16/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | San Diego Independent Scholars | Faye Girsh |
| 8/24/17 | End of Life Option Act | Kiwanis, Grantville-Allied Gardens | Bob Duffield |
| 8/16/17 | End of Life Option Act | Current Events Class, Casa de Mañana Retirement Community | Faye Girsh |
| 8/11/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | Dying in the Age of Choice | Faye Girsh |
| 8/1/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | El Cajon Valley Lions Club | Faye Girsh |
| 7/24/17 | Advance Directives | El Cajon Valley Lions Club | |
| 7/10/17 | End of Life Option Act panel discussion | La Jolla Riford Library | Faye Girsh, William Simmons, Dr. Bob Uslander |
| 6/23/17 | End of Life Option Act panel discussion | San Diego Professional Palliative Care Conference | Faye Girsh |
| 6/1/17 | End of Life Option Act | UCSD undergrad class of Milton Saier | Mits Tomita |
| 5/30/17 | End of Life Option Act | Lions Club, Mission Valley | Mits Tomita |
| 5/11/17 | End of Life Option Act | County Bar Association, Estate & Probate & Elder Law Committee | Bill Simmons, Mits Tomita |
| 3/22/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | Twelve Thirty Club | Faye Girsh |
| 3/16/17 | Update on California End of Life Laws | White Sands | Faye Girsh |
| 2/5/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | Men's Club of Temple Adat Shalom, Poway | Faye Girsh |
| 1/24/17 | Dying in the Age of Choice | Osher Learning Institute, UCSD | Faye Girsh |
| 1/23/17 | CA End of Life Option Act | La Jolla Pen Women, La Jolla Library | Faye Girsh |
| 11/30/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | OASIS San Diego | Bill Simmons, Mits Tomita |
| 11/17/16 | End of Life Issues | OASIS San Diego | Bill Simmons, Mits Tomita |
| 10/18/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | San Diego County Law Library | Bill Simmons, Faye Girsh |
| 10/3/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | Sociology Department, San Diego State University | Bob Duffield, Bill Simmons |
| 10/3/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | San Diego City College | Bob Duffield, Bill Simmons |
| 9/17/16 | Canadian Death with Dignity Law | For administrators of Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, hospices, and others. At Vibra Rehab Hospital. | Derryck Smith (Dying with Dignity, Canada), William Simmons, Mits Tomita |
| 9/17/16 | Canadian Death with Dignity Law | Solana Beach Public Library | Derryck Smith (Dying with Dignity, Canada) |
| 9/15/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | Vibra Rehab Hospital | Faye Girsh |
| 9/2/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club | Bob Duffield and Mits Tomita. |
| 9/1/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | San Diego County Council on Aging General Meeting, at Vibra Rehab Hospital | Faye Girsh |
| 7/28/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | Uptown Rotary Club | Bob Duffield |
| 7/23/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | Carlsbad Village Theatre after movie "The Quality of Life," sponsored by the San Diego Coalition on End of Life Care | Faye Girsh |
| 7/22/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary | Faye Girsh |
| 7/13/16 | End of Life Issues | OASIS San Diego | Bill Simmons |
| 7/10/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | La Jolla Democratic Club | Faye Girsh |
| 6/30/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | Vi Retirement Center | Faye Girsh |
| 6/18/16 | Dying in the Age of Choice | Biomedical Ethics Seminar, UCSD School of Medicine Campus | Faye Girsh |
| 6/15/16 | CA End of Life Option Act. | OASIS San Diego | Bill Simmons |
| 6/3/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | UCSD | Faye Girsh |
| 6/1/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | La Jolla Rotary Club | Faye Girsh |
| 5/11/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | World Federation of Riight to Die Societies Conferece | Faye Girsh |
| 4/20/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | UCSD Transplant Center | Faye Girsh, Mits Tomita |
| 4/19/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | Downtown Lions Club | Faye Girsh |
| 2/16/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | La Jolla Rotary Club | Faye Girsh |
| 2/11/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | La Jolla Country Club | Faye Girsh |
| 2/10/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | Sociology Department, San Diego State University | Bill Simmons, Mits Tomita, Bob Duffield. |
| 2/3/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | San Diego City College | Bill Simmons, Mits Tomita |
| 2/3/16 | CA End of Life Option Act | San Diego Coalition for End of Life Care | Faye Girsh |
| 1/24/16 | Dying in the Age of Choice | Osher Life-Long Learning Institute, UCSD | Faye Girsh |