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Pride Month Resource: Queer Asterisk
junio 16, 2023
In celebration of Pride Month, we spoke with RP Whitmore-Bard, the Admissions and Communications Director of Queer Asterisk, on the powerful healing force of love and care within the LGBTQIA+ community available to those grieving a loss.
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Pride Month Resource: Transgender Center of the Rockies
junio 9, 2023
April Owen, Director of Integrated Health at Mile High Behavioral Healthcare, spoke with us about how grief for transgender and nonbinary people can take on added complexity due to disenfranchisement, discrimination, and trauma. Read on for more insights about the process of ensuring that LGBTQIA+ youth are seen and heard throughout their grief journeys and empowered to live their most authentic lives. Read More
Meet the Changemaker: Dougy Center
mayo 24, 2023
A member of our first cohort of Childhood Bereavement Changemaker (CBC) organizations, the Dougy Center creates life-changing impact for children and families grieving a death loss in Portland, OR. Founded in 1982, Dougy Center was one of the first organizations to provide bereavement support groups for children and continues to provide a safe space where people can connect, heal, and navigate their grief more than forty years on. Read More
20 Stories: Ana Tenzer
mayo 8, 2023
As we celebrated our 20th anniversary and 20 successful years of serving grieving children and families, we shared the impact of Judi’s House through the eyes of 20 people. Read More
20 Stories: Brian Griese and Dr. Brook Griese
mayo 8, 2023
In 2002, Brian Griese, a former NFL quarterback who lost his mother at a young age and his wife, Dr. Brook Griese, a clinical psychologist specializing in childhood trauma and loss, founded Judi’s House in Denver. As they look back on the past 20 years, Brook and Brian share their reflections on the work Judi’s House has completed to date, the families they have supported along the way, and their hopes and dreams for the future of the organization. Read More
20 Stories: Jessica Maitland-Mayo
mayo 8, 2023
Jessica Maitland Mayo joined Judi’s House as CEO in 2019. A former client of Judi’s House, Jessica is a passionate advocate for the organization and champions the creation of a more grief-informed world. Read More
20 Stories: Bill Mosher
mayo 8, 2023
Bill Mosher is a community leader and one of the first supporters of Judi’s House. A founding board member of the organization, Bill also serves as senior managing director of Trammell Crow Company. Like Judi’s House co-founder Brian Griese, Bill also lost a parent at a young age and understands how vital bereavement support is for children and their caregivers.
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20 Stories: Dr. Joy Arthur-Windsor
mayo 8, 2023
As we celebrated our 20th anniversary and 20 successful years of serving grieving children and families, we shared the impact of Judi’s House through the eyes of 20 people. Read More
20 Stories: Mike Van Meter
mayo 8, 2023
Mike Van Meter has been a Judi’s House volunteer since the organization’s founding. Until recently, he served as the nonprofit’s handyman, fixing whatever was broken in the two Victorians Judi’s House and the JAG Institute occupy. He is also a passionate companion volunteer for the organization’s Pathfinders and Connections programs, helping children and their caregivers through their grief journeys. Read More
20 Stories: Chelsea
mayo 8, 2023
Chelsea is a former client who has the distinction of attending bereavement support programs at Judi’s House twice – the first time as a teen after the death of her father and then later as a caregiver after the loss of her mother greatly impacted her son and younger sister. We are grateful to her for sharing her bereavement journey with us and for her belief in the power of our programs to help participants heal. Read More