THE POETRY OF PRESENCE
I am so honored to be asked to be the keynote speaker for Norwich University School of Nursing's Inaugural White Coat Ceremony! With the support of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, white coats will be conferred upon 43 second year nursing students who are ready to enter the clinical phase of their training. The […]
This book group, in Bangor, Maine, selected Vigil: The Poetry of Presence for their May book choice. I will join them for the reading of some of the poems and a discussion of both the poems and my role as a vigil-sitting hospice volunteer.
Vigil: The Poetry of Presence is, once again, being welcomed by the Wake Robin Community in Shelburne, VT for a sharing of poems, enriched by the telling of the stories around them. Book signing follows the presentation.
Morning presentation with leadership and managers related to their Vigil Volunteers in their Hospice program in their new Falls Church, VA headquarters. Afternoon presentation/reading for Capital Caring Health's Hospice Volunteers at Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington, VA.
As a follow-up to Vigil Volunteer Training, Jessica DeGrechie, Bayada Hospice Director, has invited Vigil (and me!) to speak to staff and Hospice program volunteers. In the stories told and the poems read, we will share the deep meaning and privilege found by volunteers and staff alike in caring for individuals in the last sacred […]
A Vigil reading and discussion with health science and nursing students in the Narrative Medicine class at Norwich University. Vigil will be present through the GoToMeeting platform.