How Black Women Are Disrupting Death Care in the U.S.




The Takeaway show

Summary: <p>Once a taboo subject, the pandemic has forced many of us to confront death. It’s also put a spotlight on the people working in the death care industry and the many ways inequities in life are perpetuated in death.  </p> <p>We were joined by <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/thegravewoman">Joél</a><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/thegravewoman"> Simone Anthony</a>, also known as <a href="http://www.wnycstudios.org/@TheGraveWoman">The Grave Woman</a>, a licensed funeral director, embalmer, insurance agent and sacred grief practitioner and Alua Arthur, death doula and founder of <a href="https://goingwithgrace.com/">Going with Grace</a>, a death doula training and end-of-life planning organization.</p>