INELDA Update – APRIL 2025
LISTENING TOGETHER: A POST-ELECTION CONVERSATION
THANK YOU, SANTA FE!
Educators Omni Kitts Ferrara, Wilka Roig, and Kim Stravers joined learners for a three-day training in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this past month. This training emboldened the necessity of end-of-life doulas in many different spaces. The group brought a rich variety of lived wisdom into conversation.
Fun fact: The INELDA team randomly ended up staying on a dead-end road named Vigil! It was great to be in Santa Fe and be in community with the group that joined the training.
ENROLL IN OUR UPCOMING BRIDGE TRAINING
Bridge Training is for those interested in learning the INELDA Doula Approach launched in September 2024 and latest techniques covered in our current end-of-life doula curriculum. If your INELDA training occurred before this period or you trained with another doula organization, we look forward to sharing our process-based model with you. For those interested in applying for our yearlong certification program and have not taken either INELDA’s End-of-Life Doula Training or the Hospice Doula Training, the Bridge Training led by Shelby Kirillin provides a direct route to be able to apply. REGISTER by May 9 for our May 17 training.
DOULAS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDY
Sociologist and researcher Sarah Donley is conducting a study on “the emergence, professionalization, and impact of end-of-life doulas in reshaping end-of-life care. She is seeing participants for interviews via Zoom lasting between one and one and a half hours. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Jacksonville State University. If interested please contact Sarah via email.
DID YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION?
Did you know INELDA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization? We rely on public support and program revenue to meet our annual budget and continue providing education and community programs, scholarships, advocacy, and outreach to expand the presence of end-of-life doulas. Help INELDA meet its mission and transform end-of-life care with a monthly gift of $5, $10, or more. CLICK HERE to become an INELDA Sustainer today!
For more information or to explore funding partnerships with INELDA, please contact Mina Devadas at mina@inelda.org
EXPLORE INELDA’S RELAUNCHED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Join our Discovery call April 16 at 5 p.m. ET. Our one-year certification program was designed to enhance your skills as an end-of-life doula through mentorship, peer review, and continuing education. In this Discovery Call, learn from Wilka Roig about the program’s structure, certification requirements, and how certification can elevate your professional practice. This hourlong conversation is for trained end-of-life doulas seeking growth and anyone considering certification to deepen their impact in end-of-life care.