If you found your way here, Welcome! We are grateful for your interest and participation in our Suicide Suppers and hope this can be the right space to hold you in complex conversations about about what life is like when actively making the choice to live while not wanting to.
This is an intentionally curated space with an intentionally curated meal, please read below for more details about these Suppers and how they may be a good fit for you.
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at info@asacredpassing.org
What are Suicide Suppers?
- A small, facilitated conversation over a meal
- An opportunity to be in community with others who understand complex, conflicting feelings
- A chance to be served a warm meal, made with love and care
- A non-medical space
- An opportunity to talk, and for feelings to be released from the body in a healthy way
What aren't Suicide Suppers?- Not a space for people in active crisis
- Not a space for medical advice
- Not a space for continued support outside of these dinners
- Not medical counseling
- Not a support group
How do I attend a Suicide Supper?
- Suppers are planned once a month for the next 6 months. Each meal is limited to 8 guests.
- We will work our way through the registration list, inviting everyone once before repeating. We ask that if you commit to a seat, you do attend. You are important.
- Below are a list of Agreements of the Space, if circumstances change for you and you are not in a place to meet these agreements or attend the dinner you were signed up for, you will be added to the attendee list for the next supper.
- If after reading through this intro, the Suicide Suppers feel like a good fit please complete the registration below.
What can I expect at Suicide Suppers?
- When you arrive at the location in South Seattle, you'll be asked to either provide a Negative COVID test or take a test before entering the space with a negative result. We will have rapid tests available. We are dedicated to making this space accessible for community, especially for our immunocompromised community members, this is a precaution we are taking for an in person space to be as safe as we can make it while navigating an ongoing pandemic.
- When you're ready to enter the space, ground yourself before coming in with a few deep breaths and movement.
- Over appetizers we will share a poem, the boundaries for the space, community wishes, and introductions.
- We offer a variety of conversational prompts, though conversations may also take their own direction, led by the attendees.
- We will work to close the thickest part of our conversation before the last course of the meal, leaving time to gather ourselves before leaving.
- We ask people to plan for Seattle traffic, wrong turns, and slow drivers. Please be on time!
