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What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?
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Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert
Albuquerque, NM
Tuesday, October 3, 2017


Gail Rubin, CT, A Good Goodbye, coordinator of the inaugural Before I Die ABQ Festival
 

Before I Die ABQ logoThis week's mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada reminds us: life can be short. Our time on Earth is precious. What do you want to do before you die?

And then what? Less than 30% of adults make any end-of-life plans. That leaves 70% of our loved ones scrambling to gather information and make expensive decisions under duress of grief. It doesn't have to be that way.

The inaugural Before I Die ABQ festival will honestly, humanely, and even humorously answer your questions. From October 20-25, 2017, hundreds of people in Albuquerque, New Mexico will participate in activities to help us address our eventual 100% mortality rate. Activities, many free or low-cost, include:

  • Before I Die walls at Central New Mexico Community College and Sunset Memorial Park, to publicly declare our goals.
  • Field trips to cemeteries, a casket making workshop, the Office of the Medical Investigator, and a ghost tour.
  • An art show on cremation, movies, yoga and meditation sessions on life and death.
  • Sessions on green burial, financial, medical, funeral and estate planning issues.
  • The "Prelude to Eternity" Death Over Dinner experience in a cemetery, with music and theatrical readings.
  • Death Cafes to discuss what's on your heart or mind about mortality issues.

Attendees at all Before I Die ABQ Festival events can enter a drawing for a free cremation from The Neptune Society of Albuquerque and a cedar "coff-urn" from The Old Pine Box.

View the entire Before I Die ABQ Festival schedule at this page at www.BeforeIDieABQ.com.

Festival coordinator and pioneering death educator Gail Rubin is available for interviews. Megan Kamerick with local NPR station KUNM-FM did this interview, Festival Invites People to Talk About Death. Albuquerque Business First did this story, "New ABQ festival tells what you're dying to know."

View Gail's talk about the festival, presented in August:

Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die.

Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that's a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She "knocked 'em dead" with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She's a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.

Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator for the inaugural Before I Die ABQ Festival. She also hosts A Good Goodbye Internet radio show and produces Mortality Minute radio and online video spots. Her YouTube Channel features more than 400 videos!

Rubin is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association New Mexico Chapter. Her speaking profile is available at eSpeakers.com.

Gail Rubin has been interviewed about funeral planning issues in national and local broadcast, print and online media. Outlets include The Huffington Post, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, CBS Radio News, WGN-TV,  and local affiliates for NPR, PBS, FOX, ABC-TV, CBS-TV and NBC-TV.

Sign up for a free planning form and occasional informative newsletter at her website, AGoodGoodbye.com.
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