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Beyond Differences: Grief & Loss Conversations (Part 2)
Teachers, what loss and grief are you holding? How do you resource yourself so you are a resource to your students?
Soyeon & Tida, guest panel speakers, joined Evan Wolkenstein (author of Turtle Boy) who facilitated an interactive conversation with middle school educators on grief and loss and how to support kids.
Members of the inaugural PAUSE Starlight Business Development Residency: Tida Beattie, Roshni Kavate, Charlene Lam, Patty Montoya, Mangda Sengvanhpheng, Briana Simmons
Grief at the Table is a compilation of short stories, poems, prose, recipes, and artwork from voices of color, created as a collaborative offering for a soft place to land during the holiday season.
Buy the "Grief At The Table" zine, featuring art and a personal essay by Tida about an aspect of her bereavement
Reimagine AAPI Forum 2.0: Time-Out Before Time’s Up
“How does taking a time-out, or not, for oneself impact care, and ultimately, the way caregivers choose to live and die themselves?” Unpack what it means to be an Asian-American family caregiver.
Soyeon, a guest speaker, shares her story as a long-distance caregiver-caregriever.
Reimagine Table Talk | Family Ties: Connection and Conflict
Tida, a guest speaker, shares her story of loss, conflict, silence and grief as a daughter of immigrants, lost in America.
Explore the complex family dynamics Asian Americans are born into and how these can become the blueprint for future relationships, especially the ones we have with ourselves.
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Tida is in conversation with Christina Giordano on her podcast, ‘Tell Me About X.’ Hear more about Tida’s experiences with sandwich generation caregiving, the complex deaths of her parents in 2019, and the lack of bereavement support through a cultural lens. Tida comprehended too late what she and her family settled for and now works to optimize possibilities for immigrant families with aging, deathcare, and grief.
When Tida Beattie's Thai immigrant parents died in 2019, she went from being a long-distance caregiver to an overwhelmed & grieving daughter. In her search for support, she found what so many do, a lack of culturally specific or informed resources. This experience motivated her to change this for others by creating spaces for immigrant families to receive support before and after death. Tida is a Thai-American end-of-life doula, grief support facilitator, immigrant advocate, and co-founder of MESO, dedicated to supporting caregivers and those in grief with compassion and a cultural lens.
Dr. Renee and Dr. Cristina welcome Tida Beattie, a 2nd generation Thai-American end-of-life doula, community educator, and grief activist; and Soyeon Davis is a 1.5 generation Korean-American end-of-life doula. Tida and Soyeon are the co-founders of MESO, which provides advocacy, assistance, and support to immigrant families dealing with care, loss, and grief.