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Special Event:
End of Life Narratives Among New Americans
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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Events Calendar

Events Calendar
The Westchester-End-of-Life Coalition is committed to serving the public through our educational programs and those of other groups dedicated to improving end-of-life care.

If you would like to list your program on our events calendar, please send an e-mail to info@westchesterendoflife.org. Please provide a brief description of your event, date, time, location, contact person’s phone and e-mail address, and web site address.

The Westchester End-of-Life Coalition does not necessarily endorse all views presented at the events included on this calendar. We reserve the right to decline postings.

For Program Information, click on Date or Event. To view previous events, go here: Past Events

Date Time Event Sponsor
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09/18/08 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm Facilitated Book Discussion: This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust Westchester End of Life Coalition 
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11/20/08 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm End of Life Narratives Among New Americans Westchester End of Life Coalition 
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September 2008
09/18/08
7:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Book Discussion of the acclaimed new bestseller This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust.

Facilitated by Sarah Lawrence College Professor of U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History, Lyde Cullen Sizer and with participation of a SLC graduate student working on the poetry and pageantry of death during the Civil War.

Location: Slonim House Living Room
Sarah Lawrence College

Refreshments.

Reservations appreciated.

Please contact info@westchesterendoflife.org

 
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November 2008
11/20/08
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
End of Life Narratives Among New Americans

Location: Sarah Lawrence College

A panel discussion on cultural and ethnic differences in end of life experiences, care and attitudes, with narratives presented by a diverse group of American immigrants. Free of charge and open to the public.

Reservations appreciated.

Please contact info@westchesterendoflife.org 
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