We Need the Right to Make Choices While We’re Still Able
“Right to die in America is a about as meaningful as the right to eat or the right to decent housing: you’ve got the right, but it doesn’t mean you’re going to get the goods.” - Amy Bloom.
Welcome to Voices & Perspectives, where we share stories, reflections, and commentary from across our community. Honest conversation is at the heart of our work, and the stories people tell — about courage, love, loss, choice, and even fear — help move these issues out of silence and into understanding. When we listen to one another, we discover we are not alone, and that is often where change begins.
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If this is my last summer . . .
He’s defying the odds. If this is his last summer, Frank wants to live it to the fullest.
Who Do You Trust with Your Life?
And Who’s Trusting You with Theirs? Wednesday, June 8 In person and online 6:30 – 8 PM We focus on the medical power of attorney, also called a health care proxy: the person we legally appoint to speak for us when we can’t. What do we need that person to know? Similarly, if we’re the […]
Wilson’s Choice – part 2
Quality of life or length of life? Wilson must choose.
How to Live Forever
Honest conversation about death and dying can help give us meaning, purpose, and focus at any time of our lives – why not start now?
Wilson’s Choice: part 1
Many times over the years, I’d heard Wilson say, “Dying is part of living.” Of course, making this statement and then facing decisions regarding your own death are two different things.
Praying for More Time
Diagnosed with one of the most lethal cancers, Frank Liva’s first wish was for more time. Now, he also hopes for the option of medical aid in dying.
Right to Die in Peace, or Not?
Frank’s story illustrates why the right to choice and personal autonomy in dying is needed in our “Live Free or Die” state.
The New Death Positive Movement
There’s an enormous amount of information out there. We’re finding you the best.
Welcome to this new movement!
There are pressing reasons now for demystifying the dying process.