INELDA Update – MARCH 2023
CONGRATULATIONS, INELDA-CERTIFIED DOULAS!
The INELDA End-of-Life Doula Certification involves direct work with dying individuals and their loved ones through a hospice program, a private practice, or working within your community. These doulas have completed the certification requirements of having worked directly with multiple people for 40 hours or more.
We would like to congratulate the first cohort of 2023 INELDA-certified doulas for their commitment to the field and the people they serve:
- Dawn Betts
- Robert Cornett
- Glendon Geikie
- Anthea Grimason
- Molly Hayes
- Jackie Hook
- David Robertson
- Jill Waterman
We would like to congratulate the first cohort of 2023 INELDA-certified doulas for their commitment to the field and the people they serve:
- Dawn Betts
- Robert Cornett
- Glendon Geikie
- Anthea Grimason
- Molly Hayes
- Jackie Hook
- David Robertson
- Jill Waterman
INELDA AND PAYPAL
INELDA AND PAYPAL
Did you know INELDA is a nonprofit organization? Our scholarships program, our People Experiencing Homelessness Project, and our general operating budget are supported by donations. We are happy to announce that we have set up a PayPal account to accept recurring donations.
Another way to support INELDA is by donating $1 for each purchase made with PayPal. Set up INELDA as your favorite charity: Just visit our profile charity page and click the heart under our name to make us your favorite charity. It’s a little thing that can add up to a big impact for the work that we do. We thank you so much for supporting our mission!
Did you know INELDA is a nonprofit organization? Our scholarships program, our People Experiencing Homelessness Project, and our general operating budget are supported by donations. We are happy to announce that we have set up a PayPal account to accept recurring donations.
Another way to support INELDA is by donating $1 for each purchase made with PayPal. Set up INELDA as your favorite charity: Just visit our profile charity page and click the heart under our name to make us your favorite charity. It’s a little thing that can add up to a big impact for the work that we do. We thank you so much for supporting our mission!
FILM OPPORTUNITIES
Calling All Gen Z Doulas!
We have been contacted by a media company with a film opportunity for a Gen Z doula with a story to share, and with a client who is willing to share as well. If you are INELDA-trained and interested please reach out. The film company is willing to travel anywhere in the United States. Please contact Loren Talbot if interested.
NYC Metro Area Doula Film Opportunity
Director Miho Sakai shared her film brief with INELDA: How can we spend the last days of our own lives meaningfully? An end-of-life doula can guide people to live fully during their final chapter. Our modern lifestyle, particularly advanced medical technology, has helped us ignore death in our daily life. When death approaches, we do not know how to face it. Family and friends often cannot help, as they are also at a loss. End-of-life doulas often fill in to help dying people be ready during their final days.
This documentary will explore the issue of living at the end of life by focusing on the work of end-of-life doulas. A doula’s work always centers on the person who is facing death. A doula must remain open-minded and listen with respect to help people navigate their final stage. The documentary will follow doulas who dedicate themselves to serving and accompanying people who are at the end of life. The filming will be done with a “fly on the wall” style to capture an intimate relationship between a doula and a client.
Bio: Director Miho Sakai is a documentarian and television producer in New York. She has 20-plus years of experience producing documentaries, news, and educational programs, mainly for NHK, the Japanese public broadcast network. She graduated from the master of fine arts program at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Please contact Loren Talbot if interested.
FILM OPPORTUNITIES
Calling All Gen Z Doulas!
We have been contacted by a media company with a film opportunity for a Gen Z doula with a story to share, and with a client who is willing to share as well. If you are INELDA-trained and interested please reach out. The film company is willing to travel anywhere in the United States. Please contact Loren Talbot if interested.
NYC Metro Area Doula Film Opportunity
Director Miho Sakai shared her film brief with INELDA: How can we spend the last days of our own lives meaningfully? An end-of-life doula can guide people to live fully during their final chapter. Our modern lifestyle, particularly advanced medical technology, has helped us ignore death in our daily life. When death approaches, we do not know how to face it. Family and friends often cannot help, as they are also at a loss. End-of-life doulas often fill in to help dying people be ready during their final days.
This documentary will explore the issue of living at the end of life by focusing on the work of end-of-life doulas. A doula’s work always centers on the person who is facing death. A doula must remain open-minded and listen with respect to help people navigate their final stage. The documentary will follow doulas who dedicate themselves to serving and accompanying people who are at the end of life. The filming will be done with a “fly on the wall” style to capture an intimate relationship between a doula and a client.
Bio: Director Miho Sakai is a documentarian and television producer in New York. She has 20-plus years of experience producing documentaries, news, and educational programs, mainly for NHK, the Japanese public broadcast network. She graduated from the master of fine arts program at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Please contact Loren Talbot if interested.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
Sarah Donley, a sociologist at Jacksonville State University in Alabama, is currently looking for research participants who work in the field of deathcare who would be willing to be interviewed and share their experiences.
This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Jacksonville State University. Interviews will occur over the phone or on Zoom and take approximately one to one and a half hours. Participants will be compensated with a $10 Amazon gift card.
If you are interested in participating in this research project, please either email Sarah Donley at [email protected], fill out this Call for Research Participants Form, or scan the QR code.
Sarah Donley, a sociologist at Jacksonville State University in Alabama, is currently looking for research participants who work in the field of deathcare who would be willing to be interviewed and share their experiences.
This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Jacksonville State University. Interviews will occur over the phone or on Zoom and take approximately one to one and a half hours. Participants will be compensated with a $10 Amazon gift card.
If you are interested in participating in this research project, please either email Sarah Donley at [email protected], fill out this Call for Research Participants Form, or scan the QR code.
IN THE NEWS
This month INELDA was featured in a Media Hub article about death doulas who offer support from North Carolina.