DEATH AND DYING

A Curated Collection of Educational Resources

Organizations & Public Resources

The following provide education, support, and information related to death, dying, grief, trauma, and stress. Resources are listed alphabetically in each category; inclusion does not imply endorsement of all content or perspectives. Some also include reading lists and related materials.

Adult Grief Support

Alive Alone
Bereaved Parents of the USA
Breathe: Grief Recovery Support

Compassionate Friends
Grief Haven
GriefShare
HealGrief
Modern Widows Club
Motherless Daughters
Sad Dads Club
Soaring Spirits International

The Broken Pack
The Dinner Party
Twinless Twins Support Group International
W Connection
Widowed Parent

Adult Grief Information

Cancer Care
Cancer Support Community
COVID Survivors for Change

Curating Grief
Evermore
Grief.com
Legacy
Multicultural Death & Grief Care Academy
Open to Hope
Refuge in Grief
Reimagine
Speaking Grief

What’s Your Grief?

Aging & Caregiving

Aging with Dignity
Alzheimer’s Association
Family Caregiver Alliance
Hilarity for Charity
Medicaid
Medicare

End-of-Life Care & Advocacy

Association of Professional Chaplains
American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Compassion & Choices
EOL 101
Five Wishes
Going with Grace
Hospice & Palliative Care Nurses Association
Hospice Foundation of America
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Psychologists in Long-Term Care

Funeral & Estate Advocacy

Elder Law Answers
Funeral Consumers Alliance
Green Burial Council
National Funeral Directors Association
Order of the Good Death

Mental Health & Suicide Loss

Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
BetterHelp
Biology of Trauma

DrLeaf.com
Loveland Foundation
Marks Psychiatry
Psychology Today
SOS – Survivors of Suicide
Suicidology
Tap With Brad
Therapy for Black Girls
Therapy in a Nutshell

Public Education & Disease Awareness

African American Breast Cancer Alliance
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association

Believe My Pain
BlackDoctor.org
Black Health Matters

Choose Healthy Life
Death Café
Sisters Network Inc.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Pregnancy & Child Loss

Center for Loss in Multiple Births
MISS Foundation
My Miscarriage Matters
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance
Return to Zero
Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
Star Legacy Foundation
TEARS Foundation

Professional & Academic Organizations

American Psychosocial Oncology Society
American Public Health Association
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Association of Black Cardiologists
Collective for Radical Death Studies
Gerontological Society of America
National Association of Social Workers
National Medical Association

Substance Use & Addiction

Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
Live Another Day
MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Shatterproof

Violence & Homicide

Families for Safe Streets
National Center for Victims of Crime
Parents of Murdered Children
TAPS – Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
The LLOST (Loss of Loved Ones to Sudden Tragedy) Foundation
VictimsFirst
Virtual Resilience Center

Youth & Young Adult Grief

Actively Moving Forward
Comfort Zone Camp
Eluna
EmpowerHER
Experience Camps
National Alliance for Children’s Grief
The Dougy Center

Therapeutic Approaches That Support Grief, Trauma, and Stress

The following approaches are commonly used to address grief, trauma, and stress. Inclusion here is informational, not a recommendation. Individuals are encouraged to seek guidance from qualified professionals.

Autogenic Training
Biofeedback Therapy
Brainspotting (BSP)
Breathwork Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Guided Imagery
Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
Somatic Experiencing (SE)

Public Health & Mortality Awareness Observances

Public awareness observances often shape how we talk—or don’t talk—about death, illness, and loss. The following primarily U.S.-based observances are relevant to Black communities and public health conversations.

January

Cervical Health Awareness Month
National Blood Donor Month
Maternal Health Awareness Day
(January 23)

February

American Heart Month
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
(February 7)
National Donor Day (February 14)

March

Diabetes Alert Day
(fourth Tuesday of March)

April

National Minority Health Month
National Donate Life Month
Black Maternal Health Week
(April 11-17)

May

High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

June

National Cancer Survivors Day

(first Sunday of June)

National PTSD Awareness Month
National CPR and AED Awareness Week
(June 1-7)

July

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

August

National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Grief Awareness Day
(August 30)

September

National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month

Pain Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sickle Cell Awareness Month

National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims (September 25)

October

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Estate Planning Awareness Week (third full week of October)

November

Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

December

World AIDS Day (December 1)