If you’d like Angela to speak to your group, please contact us!
MN Network of Hospice & Palliative Care, Charting New Paths Conference, April 7-8, 2025
Angela will share methods for healthcare and deathcare staff to partner in creating moments of ceremony at the initial transfer, how to invite families into caring for their dead, and how to safely shroud a person after death.
St. Paul, United Church of Christ, Natural Options at the End of Life, January 10, 2025, 6pm
Angela shares information about green disposition options, including green burial, water cremation, home vigils, natural organic reduction, and more!
End in Mind Project, Memento Mori | Memento Vivere, November 18, 2024, 7-8:30pm
Does the idea of getting comfortable with dying or planning your own funeral make you want to curl up and die? Join Cathy Wurzer, veteran news anchor and journalist, to find out how she would answer that very question. At this special event, the tables are turned as a death doula and a mortician, Jane Whitlock and Angela Woosley, interview Cathy about her preferences for end-of-life and death care. We’ll use this as a launch point for a conversation about things you may want to consider as you think about your own end-of-life and after-death plans. Join us to learn how pondering our deaths in the future can actually help us live more fully in the present!
MN Death Collaborative, Death is Collaborative Conference, September 14, 2024, 1-6pm
Angela will share ways to create moments of ceremony at the initial transfer and how to safely shroud a person after death.
MN Death Collaborative, “Natural Organic Reduction Passed in MN! Now What?” August 14, 2024, 7pm
On May 24, 2024, Governor Tim Walz signed into effect legislation that made Minnesota the 11th state to pass Natural Organic Reduction (NOR). The bill goes into effect July 21, 2025. Come find out more about what this means for Minnesotans and any other questions that a favorite local funeral director can answer for us – including green disposition, green burial, home funeral rituals, and more!
National Home Funeral Alliance, “LGBTQ+ Grief & Community Deathcare”, July 31, 2024, 7pm
What can complicate the grief journey for LGBTQ folks? What are some community deathcare concerns unique to LGBTQ+ people? Join us for a discussion of LGBTQ+ Grief and Community Deathcare with Angela Woosley and Marc Markell
The Great Northern Festival, Climate Solutions Series, Jan. 29, 2023, 3:30pm
“Exploring Ecological Death Care with Katrina Spade of Recompose.” Angela serves as a moderator for this conversation, part of the Great Northern Festival. https://thegreatnorthernfestival.com/2023/exploring-ecological-death-care-with-katrina-spade-of-recompose
MN Death Collaborative, Jan. 11, 2023, 7pm
Webinar, “Ask An Angela”
“Remembering Place,” TPT documentary, premiering Nov. 22, 2021
Documentary produced but Kevin Dragseth of TPT about the history and future of Lakewood Cemetery. https://www.tpt.org/remembering-place/
Learn @ Lakewood, “At A Loss: How to Talk to a Grieving Friend,” Nov. 17, 2021, 6pm
https://www.lakewoodcemetery.org/event/at-a-loss-how-to-talk-to-a-grieving-friend/
NFDA Professional Women’s Conference—Canada, Nov. 12-14, 2021
“Creating Moments of Ceremony at the Initial Transfer”
ICCFA International Convention, May 17-21, 2021
“Creating Meaning with Small Moments of Ceremony at Initial Transfers”
Presentation with Marc Markell, Ph.D.
NFDA Professional Women’s Conference, April 7-8, 2021
“Creating Small Moments of Ceremony During the Initial Transfer”
MN Death Collaborative, Feb. 10, 2021, 8:30PM (Central Time)
Webinar, “Obituary Basics: Writing with More Love Than Money”
Lifesprk, Sept. 23, 2020, 12:00PM (Central Time)
Webinar, “Emerging Trends in End-of-Life Care and Deathcare”
LifeSprk, August 26, 2020
Seminar, “Emerging Trends in End-of-Life Care and Deathcare”
Children’s Grief Connection “Hope at Home,” April 16, 2020
Webinar series, “Easy Self-Care Ideas”
ICCFA Annual Convention and Expo, Thu. April 2, 2020
UPDATE: Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
“Obituaries With More Love Than Money”
Angela Woosley, M.A. and Marc Markell, Ph.D.
NFDA Professional Women’s Conference, April 24 – 26, 2020
UPDATE: Conference canceled due to COVID-19
“Obituaries With More Love Than Money”
Angela Woosley, M.A.
Groveland Cemetery Annual Meeting, May 16, 2020
UPDATE: Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
“How Celebrants and End-of-Life Doulas Can Impact End-of-Life Journeys”
Angela Woosley, M.A.