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Celebrate The Passage of Medical Aid in Dying

The moment that we have all been waiting for is finally here! We can all take a deep breath and let out a sigh of relief that all of our hard work has paid off with the Governor’s signature on the Medical Aid in Dying Act. And while we are working on building the infrastructure to share resources, educate the public and professional sectors and support institutions considering policies, we do want to take a moment (or two) and celebrate this accomplishment. Our first such celebration will be on March 24th at 6:30 PM in New York City. If you would like to attend, please let us know and we will send you an invitation.

What’s Happening with Medical Aid in Dying?

Our work with the Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine (The Academy) continues, as more people and agencies are expressing interest in supporting efforts to bring more awareness, resources and education to the public and professionals about aid-in-dying care.

We have created a flyer to highlight our partnership and provide as much service and support to people that are interested as possible. Please view our flyer and share it with anyone you think could benefit from resources and education. Together with The Academy, we are your go-to source for all things related to the implementation of excellent aid-in-dying care. Please reach out to us with questions, concerns and needs.

If you are a clinician of any sort (doctor, nurse, social worker, chaplain, volunteer, doula, etc.), please complete this survey. We are working on a map of services around the state. Completing this survey will allow us to know who is doing what and where, so when folks call us for resources, we can refer them to the right people/facilities in their neighborhood.

If you learn of trainings in your community, please forward them to us so we can reach out and let them know about the support we can provide. We are thrilled that we have been seeing trainings popping up and we want to support any organization to provide the best quality care possible.

Legacy League

A Legacy League is End of Life Choices New York’s version of a “Death Cafe”—an informal, no-agenda get-together to talk about death and dying….

• I know that sounds scary, but I hope this space allows us to move through that fear together in an affirming, community-driven space
• I know that sounds interesting, so let’s drive that curiosity to fuel conversations with our neighbors and new friends
• I know that sounds intense, but contemplating what death is actually demystifies it and lifts the veil
• I know that sounds heavy, so please come and share so that the weight can be lifted a little and you can breathe again
• I know that sounds weird, but, hey, life and death are weird and we’re all in this together
• Join us at our in-person Legacy League on February 26th at 10 AM at the Dorothy Ross Friedman Residence at the Entertainment Community Fund, 475 W. 57th St, Manhattan. Register for this event here.