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. 

We were joined by Joél Simone Anthony, also known as The Grave Woman, a licensed funeral director, embalmer, insurance agent and sacred grief practitioner and Alua Arthur, death doula and founder of Going with Grace, a death doula training and end-of-life planning organization.