Meet the Team

Beth (she/her) is committed to creating healing spaces through her work in Philadelphia as a grief therapist, mindfulness teacher, and recently trained death doula. She is moved by the ways we can meet grief, and believes “the deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain” Khalil Gibran. Beth is delighted to work with this group and share care with Philadelphia.

Ravina (she/her) lives in Philadelphia. Her mother having passed away early in her life, death and loss have always encircled her. Like all of us, she has witnessed a major collective loss over the past few years with little opportunity to pause and collectively mourn. She was drawn to this project to create a space and practice for her city to hold space and grieve - together, and in public. If crows gather and scream into the sky when one of theirs has died, why can’t we pick up a phone and talk with a loved one we’ve lost? Ravina is a Scorpio, loves ice cream, and works in reproductive justice and abortion.

Annie (she/her) is an educator, olfactory artist and drummer based in Philadelphia. She is a student of many living beings – friends, family, strangers, pets and plants – who have allowed her to enter into the extraordinary world of the dying and the dead. The most difficult lesson of impermanence was the death of her grandparents. Annie is grateful for the opportunity to co-create an accessible healing space with the project team to honor the grief we hold and remind us to cherish each other without reservation.

Sunny (they/them) is a trans artist and aspiring writer living in Germantown. They are interested in faith based practices that invite love and curiosity to death and grieving processes.