The Conversation Project

In the movie, The Farewell, we’re introduced to Billi—a young Chinese-American woman who is conflicted when her family refuses to tell her terminally grandmother, Nai Nai, that she is dying of lung cancer. Wanting to…

Are you one of the hundreds of groups preparing to participate in Conversation Sabbath between October 24th  and November 3rd? Are you looking for ideas on where to start (or what Conversation Sabbath is all…

We’ve asked community members to share how they are planning their work (to spread the importance of end-of-life care conversations) so it continues in the long run. The five most common ways groups or individuals are ensuring this work lives on are listed here.

…an advance directive is a way of extending my fatherly caring into a future when I will be the object of attention – and emotional distress. Envisioning such scenes, I imagine that my daughters might wish for my arm around their shoulders.

I hope that I’ve been clear over the years in talking (ad nauseam) to family and friends about my personal convictions…