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This unique event is designed to help you achieve a peaceful, dignified death. We’ll be joined for lunch by expert advisors who will guide your end-of-life decision-making according to your individual needs.

• Bill Simmons – Necessary End-of-Life Documents
• Christie Golemb – Voluntary Assisted Dying in Switzerland
• Brian Graham, MD – Hospice, Aid in Dying, VSED
• Sally Hall, MD – Final Exit Network
• Lena Olsher – Arrangements for the body
• Janet Hager – Expanding California’s End-of-Life Option Act

The experts will not be delivering formal talks or presentations. Instead, our audience will steer the discussion with their questions. We’ll do this over a delicious Chinese lunch with compassionate friends in a casual, fun environment. The cuisine is Chinese halal, evolving from the large Muslim population in Western China.

Menu:

• Three flavors sizzling rice soup
• Beijing style moo-shu chicken
• Eggplant with brown sauce
• Thin sesame bread with green onions
• Steamed beef dumplings
• Sesame bread with red bean (dessert)

Seating is limited! This event will not be videorecorded. We hope to see you there!

Register for the Zoom link: Click Here

Hear about the powerful and poignant journeys of those who have faced end-of-life decisions with dignity and the compassionate volunteers who have guided them.

This program celebrates the publication of There at the End: Voices from Final Exit Network—A Celebration of 20 Years. 

This unique anthology, published in fall 2024 to commemorate FEN’s two decades of service, offers a deeply moving collection of first-person accounts that delve into the emotions and processes of Final Exit Network (FEN) clients as they navigate end-of-life decisions.

You’ll also hear the compelling stories of FEN’s trained volunteers, who serve as coordinators, guides, and confidants during these pivotal moments.

Jim Van Buskirk, the anthology’s editor, will be joined by Jenne Mowry, a senior exit guide and anthology contributor, for an insightful conversation. Together, they will discuss their essays, their roles within FEN, and share readings from the book.

This event promises to be a reflective and informative exploration of the critical work of this national nonprofit organization.

Jim Van Buskirk, a retired librarian, writer, editor, and public speaker, has co-hosted Death Cafés for many years, and currently volunteers with FEN as a regional coordinator counseling callers on end of life options, reviewing relevant books and films for FEN’s quarterly newsmagazine, and making presentations as a member of FEN’s speaker’s bureau. For more information on Jim, please visit: jimvanbuskirk.com