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Liz Dunnebacke
May 17, 20222 min read
Introducing the Louisiana LGBTQ+ End of Life Guide
Writing an end of life guide for the LGBTQ+ community in Louisiana has been a passion of Ezra's since they began their journey in funeral...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Interview with Pioneering Woman in Deathcare, Charmaine Baker-Fox
Wake Board Member Charmaine Baker-Fox has been helping New Orleanians connect with affordable, meaningful deathcare since the 1980's. A...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Oct 29, 20212 min read
New Orleans' Crisis of Affordable Burial: a discussion at Holt Cemetery on All Saints Day
Wake teamed up with Our Mammy’s History and Genealogy on Monday, November 1st, 2021 for All Saints Day, to show the conditions at Holt...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Sep 23, 202111 min read
Interview With Pioneering Woman in Deathcare, Janice Bodet
Janice Bodet is the retired Director of Funeral Service at Delgado Community College. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Mar 25, 20213 min read
A Son's Journey to Bury His Mother
Amanda Giffin was a teenager, married to an abusive husband, when her son, Desmond, was born, in 1971. The early years were tough, with...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Feb 25, 20214 min read
DEATH IS NOT THE GREAT EQUALIZER
Is death the great equalizer? An ambitious 2019 Boston Globe investigative journalism initiative set out to answer this question in the...
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Mercedes Marinaro
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Inequality In Death
by Wake Intern Mercedes Marinaro Death is not the great equalizer. Racism has had a long and troubling impact on the funeral industry and...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Join Us for a Death Cafe
'Have you heard of Death Cafe?' is my go-to question to friends and family, when broaching the topic of deathcare. It's a popular enough...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Dec 23, 20203 min read
A Holiday Conversation
Friends and family know I’m always curious to hear their news when the topic of death crops up. One friend just texted me a photo of a...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Dec 11, 20203 min read
Final Expenses: Adding Insult to Injury
Kendra (right) and Lisa Richardson meet to discuss the funeral home pricing they've researched for Kim Richardson's burial. Kendra...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Dec 1, 20202 min read
What Makes Burial Green?
While traditions differ from culture to culture around the disposition of the human body after death, there is not a great deal of...
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Liz Dunnebacke
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Unequal Access to Land: In Death, as in Life
“As the meeting point between the living and the dead, cemeteries are peculiarly fraught ground,” writes Anna Clark, in Next City. She...
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