Dia de los Muertos Opens Hearts and Doors
Dia De los Muertos, celebrated this year from October 31-November 2nd, is a traditional Latin American celebration that honors those who have died by creating colorful altars where offerings such as bread, sugar skulls, figurines, candles, incense, yellow marigolds and photos are placed. Offerings are often very personal, such as photographs of the deceased and their favorite food items, beverages and flowers.
Many human service organizations in Santa Barbara face challenges when attempting to reach the Spanish-speaking/Latino population. Our Spanish speaking population, many of Mexican heritage, approach death and grieving in very different ways and it was important for Hospice of Santa Barbara to be sensitive and knowledgeable about these differences. In the early 2000s, we utilized Dia de Los Muertos as a unique entre into these communities.
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Staff Spotlight: Samantha Lockett, Director, Operations
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Since 2014, Samantha has been overseeing our administration, human resources, and data management operations.
What brought her to HSB was the desires lend her experience and expertise to create workplace philosophies that promote employee professional development, job satisfaction, and comfort.
Samantha has over 20 years of experience as a human resources/operations professional with small and mid-size companies. She has also worked with startup tech companies, helping create dynamic company cultures, developing employee programs, leading through mergers and acquisitions, and creating effective business processes. Samantha has a B.A. from UCSB. In her spare time, she likes to build, paint, collage, write, and listen to music. Her dream is to live on farm, live off the land, and ride her horse before breakfast!
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Hospice of Santa Barbara
Costume Party
Location: The Red Piano
TONIGHT, Thursday October 24th
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
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A costume party you won't want to miss! Join us for a night full of live music, a costume contest, and the opportunity to tip Hospice of Santa Barbara's Guest Bartenders! Featuring Jesse Brisendine, Ernesto Paredes, David Selberg, and more to come!
All tips go directly to HSB!
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OPENING ART RECEPTION
MEMORY MARKS BY JOAN GIROUX
Location: Hospice of Santa Barbara
Tuesday October 29th
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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Joan Giroux is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, compassionate activist, and death acceptance advocate whose work frequently provides context for community and personal reflections on loss, absence, and bereavement through active play and participation. Joan has performed and exhibited her work in the US and abroad. Recent projects and venues include: eco monopolies: a Commons Artist Project, MCA Chicago (2018); Take Care, Weinberg/Newton Gallery (2017); and Ill at Ease: Dis-ease in Art, University of Buffalo (2017).
In 2000, Joan founded Compassionate Action Enterprises with Lisa Marie Kaftori to create art and interaction geared toward ecofeminism, environmental ethics, social, political, and cultural activism. Their filmic verse from there to here, from then to now extends CAE’s ongoing jasmine series into physical meanderings and cinematic wanderings and was presented in S.T.E.P., Saunter Trek Escort Parade at Flux Factory and Queens Museum, NY (2018).
Joan is a Professor in Columbia College Chicago’s Art and Art History Department, where she teaches courses in studio art, art activism, and professional practices. She earned an MFA at Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts low-residency interdisciplinary program, and a BFA from Parsons School of Design, and also studied Multi-Media | Experimental Sculpture at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Professor Shinkichi Tajiri.
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Grief Support Group Schedule
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Please note:
Space is limited. Each participant must complete registration with HSB prior to group participation.
No drop-ins please.
Groups are scheduled to cancellation based on low registration. To register, please contact our Intake Coordinator at 805-563-8820.
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Healing the Loss of an Adult Child
Tuesday Afternoons
October 29 - December 17
Losing an adult child is a unique, life-changing event. Join other parents in navigating the journey of grief and healing.
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Art for Healing Workshop
Saturday, November 23rd
This is an all-day workshop at HSB. Participants will create a meaningful keepsake to take home.
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36th Annual Light Up A Life Ceremonies
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Join us for this beloved community tradition of remembering and honoring those you miss this holiday season. Each ceremony will feature speakers and special guests, entertainment, refreshments, and the lighting of a memorial tree. Please come to one or more of our Light Up A Life ceremonies, and hang a star in memory of a loved one who has died or in honor of someone living. We encourage you to personalize your star - often people like to include a photo or quote to commemorate memories shared.
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Sunday, December 1
Star purchase: 5:00 pm
Program beings 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Location: Lobero Theatre - Santa Barbara
Wednesday, December 4
Star purchase: 4:00 pm
Program begins 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Location: Montecito Upper Village Green - Montecito
Sunday, December 8
Star purchase: 5:00 pm
Program beings 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Location: Camino Real Marketplace - Goleta
Saturday, December 14
Star purchase: 5:00 pm
Program beings 5:30 - 7:00pm
Location: Seal Fountain - Carpinteria
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Thank you for all that you do to support our work!
It is a remarkable privilege to witness the difference we make for those we serve on a daily basis. it is only through your generosity that we can accomplish all that we do and will in the future.
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Hospice of Santa Barbara
2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 100
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 563-8820
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