In Person Albuquerque Death Cafe - New Location!

With the rising COVID infection rates in New Mexico, we are moving this Death Cafe to an outdoor location - Historic Fairview Cemetery! Bring a folding chair, we'll provide the refreshments. We will set up in the shade near the Galles mausoleum. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. If it rains, we will cut the conversation short.

The objective of the Death Cafe is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” It’s an interesting, unstructured conversation with no specific agenda. The ABQ Death Cafe offers a relaxed, confidential and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea (or your favorite beverage) and eat delicious cake or cookies. We also provide options for those avoiding gluten and added sugar.

The Death Cafe concept was started in the United Kingdom by Jon Underwood. He was influenced by the ideas of Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz, who started holding Cafe Mortel events in France and Switzerland.

The discussion is facilitated by Gail Rubin, CT, The Doyenne of Death®. She is a pioneering death educator and one of the first people to host a Death Cafe in the United States, starting in 2012.