WGTE Public Media and Good Grief of Northwest Ohio present, “Let’s Get Better at Grief”, a candid and educational exploration of the universal, yet individual, experience of grief, Wednesday, Nov. 18,at 8 a.m. This virtual event will include a screening of the documentary Speaking Grief, a live panel discussion with local grief experts, and an opportunity to earn CEUs. More information is at events.idonate.com/grief.
Event registration is required by 5 p.m. on Nov. 15. An encore broadcast of the documentary, Speaking Grief, will air Nov. 23 at 10 p.m. on WGTE HD.
This documentary and discussion will explore the experience of losing someone in a death and grief-avoidant society. Participants will be encouraged to rethink their ideas of what supporting a grieving person looks like and that grief is a problem that needs to be “fixed.”
This virtual event is free for the general public and $30 to earn CEUs. The following credits have been approved: Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for 3.0 CEUs, approval #MCST11202122, 3.0 CEUs for Educators, 3.0 CEUs for Funeral Directors – Program Oe-002736.
Speakers will include Dorothy Mockensturm – Managing Director, Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, Shana Sadoski – Program Director, Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, Rickisha Lloyd, BA (Psych/Sociology), MS – Therapist, Sister Rachel Nijakowski – Psychologist and Executive Director, The Sophia Center, and Dr. Colleen Olszewski – MD Pediatrics, Promedica.
This event is presented by WGTE Public Media and Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, with additional local support from Lourdes University. The Speaking Grief public media and education initiative is produced by WPSU Penn State and made possible by philanthropic support from the New York Life Foundation.
