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Alim Howell is a passionate activist and advocate with the Race for Peace Committee, committed to building safer communities and stronger relationships between youth and law enforcement. He joins us to share details about the upcoming 6th Ice Skating for Peace event—happening Friday, July 11th from 4:15 to 6:15 PM at the Skatium in Havertown. Sponsored by the Haverford Township Police Department, this free community event offers skating, food, and drinks—all in the spirit of unity, peace, and positive engagement.
🌐 Website: raceforpeace.org
📲 Instagram, Facebook & X: @RFPCSocialMedia
⚖️ Lauren Cristella & Patrick Martin | The Power of Jury Duty
We’re joined by Lauren Cristella, President & CEO of the Committee of Seventy, and Patrick Martin, Philadelphia Jury Commissioner, to highlight the critical civic responsibility of jury service. From ensuring justice to reflecting the diversity of our communities, jury duty is one of the most direct ways citizens can shape the legal system. Lauren and Patrick are working together to educate and empower Philadelphians to take their place in the courtroom and uphold democracy.
🌐 Learn more: https://seventy.org/jury-service-initiative
🕯️ Candi Wuhrman | Sacred Work Around Death, Grief & Healing
Death is one of society’s last taboos—but what if talking about it could help us live more fully? We’re joined by Candi Wuhrman—a Board-Certified Clinical Chaplain, Death Doula, Hospice Chaplain, and Grief Transformation Coach—who brings decades of experience guiding individuals through end-of-life, loss, and healing. Candi helps people transform grief into growth by creating safe spaces for emotional balance, core healing, and sacred conversation.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning, and welcome to what's going on? A show
about making a difference in our lives and our communities.
I'm Lorraine Balladmorrow. When you get that notice in the
mail that you've been selected for jury duty, some of
you may react with annoyance or try to figure out
a way to get out of it. We're going to
talk to a couple of civic leaders who are trying
to change that mindset. Death is often seen as one
(00:23):
of the last taboos in our society, a subject many
avoid until they have no choice. But what if embracing
conversations about death and grief could transform how we live?
I speak with Candy Werman, a board certified clinical chaplain,
death doula spiritual counselor, and grief transformation coach. But first
(00:43):
today we're joined by Alim Howell, an activist with the
Race for Peace Committee. Alim is passionate about creating safer
communities and building bridges between youth and law enforcement. He's
here to tell us about the upcoming sixth Ice Skating
for Peace event, happening Friday, July eleventh, from four fifteen
to six point fifteen at the Skadium and Havertown, sponsored
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by the Havertown Township Police Department. This free community event
includes admission, food, and drinks, all in the name of
peace and unity. So eline for those who may not
be familiar, What is the Race for Peace Committee and
what inspired its creation?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Hell Lorain and thanks for having me today. The Race
for Peace Committee is a nonprofit organization that was founded
in twenty sixteen, so we've been almost joined this for
ten years now, and as an organization that's formed to
have better community outreach and positive community involvement with law
enforcement and police officers. And we do this by having
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events in the community and that's throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Okay, great, can you tell us about this Ice Skating
for Peace event, how it got started and what the
goal is.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
The Ice Skating for Peace event is just something that
we've been basically made up from the top of our minds,
and we thought of a lot of events like basketball
meet and greet events and the ice skinning event in
the closest thing that we can do with have Ford
Township Police Department because we're very local in the community
throughout Delaware County and Montgummery County. So we just thought
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of an event that would be good for everyone, and
we thought ice skating would be a good idea with
a police department because they have the stadium right there
and have it for township for that collaboration.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
So why is it important to have law enforcement involved
in community centered events like this one.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
It's good because when you have community outreach event with
law enforcement, sometimes maybe the crime rapes will go down.
And that's basically the end goal for the Race for
Peace committee is for crime rates to go down, the
black and brown community members have a better relationship with
police and not being always a stereotype.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Youth gun violence continues to be a concern. How does
Race for Peace address this issue through its programs and outreach.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
We address the youth gun violence issue by having summer
events when we can, and also we address that issue
by partnering with our additional organization called Urban Navigation, and
that's an organization that has basketball events at the Derby
Recreation Center in Delaware County and a lot of youth
come out to that event and some law enforcement officers
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play basketball at that event with the youth. And that's
how we try to combat the gun violence and lower
the gun violence and try to stop it and not
have it happen at all.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
What kind of impact have you seen from previous ice
Skating for Piece events?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
The first few ice Skating for Piece events there is
a big attendance, and then one of the years we
partnered with the Philadelphia Flyers sports team, so that I
was really good. And basically it's a bunch of community
members from the Havevord township coming out to ice skate
with law enforcement.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
And how can listeners get involved with the Race for
Peace with support the work you're doing?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
As usual, we have our Facebook page. It's OURFPC social
media on Facebook, or they can type Race for Peace
on the search bar, and then our website is Raceforpeace
dot org. But everything about our events and about our
organization is mainly on the Facebook page for visuals.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Okay, well, thank you so much for joining us. Salim
Howell activists and advocate with the Race for Peace Committee,
passionate about creating a safer community and building bridges between
youth and law enforcement. The upcoming sixth ice Skating for
Piece of vent happens on Friday, July eleventh, from four
fifteen to six point fifteen pm at the Stadium in Havertown.
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Want to thank you so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Thank you, Lauren.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
You've heard of jury duty, but it's more than just
courtroom drama on TV. Most trials involve everyday people and
real life issues that need fair, thoughtful jurors. Some cases
are civil, like personal injuries or contract disputes. Others are criminal,
where jurors decide if charges are proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Either way, your service helps ensure justice when it's your community,
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your people. Justice needs you in the room, respond to
your jury summons. Justice depends on you. You're listening to
what's going on today. We're joined by two passionate civic leaders,
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Lauren Christella, president and CEO of the Committee of seventy
and Patrick Martin, Philadelphia Jury Commissioner. We're here to talk
about the crucial role of jury duty in our democracy,
from the courtroom to the community. Serving on a jury
is one of the most direct way citizens can participate
in justice today. Lauren and Patrick are here to raise awareness,
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increase engagement, and ensure that jury pulls reflect the diversity
of our city. Starting with you, Lauren, Let's start with
a big picture. Why is jury duty so important and
essential to a healthy democracy? And how does it connect
to the mission of the Committee of seventy.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Jury service is so important because everyone deserves a fair trial.
It's one of the underpinnings of our entire system of government,
right that it's one of the things that our founding
fathers fought for. Right that everyone has a right to
a fair trial a jury of their peers.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Right.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
And I think people take it for granted or they think,
you know, let me just go before an expert a judge,
but no, you know, twelve jurors, these people from your
community that have a variety of different experiences that come
from your community, bring their experience and their perspectives to
your case too. That's suauation. It matters, and it actually
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impacts your chance at a fair trial. And when that
doesn't happen, when there's not a diverse jory pool, justice
is at risk. So we think it's important for people
to come. We know that there are lots of barriers
to serving on a jury, but it is so important
for people to step up and to have their voice
heard and to perform this importan civic duty.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Patrick is Philadelphia's Jury Commissioner. What are some common misconceptions
that people have about jury duty and how are you
working to change that narrative.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
We have a lot of people come to us that
it disrupts their day, and we admit that we understand
that it does. But like Lauren said, this is the
foundation of what our system has been built upon, and
we need people from all walks of life to come
together and sit down and judge the facts of the
case and listen to each other and doing so, and
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to hear everybody out and come to hopefully a unanic's
decision one way or the other. But the biggest issue
has to do with their time. We're all busy, and
I do understand that, but we also do need you
because it's important. Like Laurence said earlier, everyone needs to
get a fair trial, and we can't just have the
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same people coming in over and over again. The business
and misconception is that their opinion doesn't matter. I can
speak from personal experience. I've actually I've had your duty.
I didn't let my co jewers know who I was
or what I did for a living, but to see
that side of it was very enlightening and I was
kind of proud of my end to see all of
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these citizens come together. If you sat in that deliberating
room as one of those twelve jewors, you would have
seen so many different people. We found out different neighborhoods
where people were from, but we all came together and
we came to a decision, which was beautiful. You know,
And I'm very passionate about what I do, so I
say things like it is beautiful, but it is.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It is.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
It's great to see that the person ended up getting
a fair trial because of what we had to say.
There aren't too many things that citizens are asked to do.
This is one of the big ones. I don't think
people realize just how important it is.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Lauren, you touched on this earlier, but we know that
many people face barriers to serving. What steps are being
taken to make jury service more accessible, especially for working families, students,
or low income residents.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Yeah, absolutely, So part of the campaign that the Committee
of seventy is leading with our partners honestly in the
court system and also with Pennsylvania's from Modern Court, CEVA
and other civic leaders, is to address these barriers. So
one is to pass legislation that would increase the pay
for jurors. So you know, it's nine dollars for municipal court.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
We want to.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Increase that for federal court. I think it's fifty dollars.
We want to see that Arizona pays over three hundred
dollars with their journey. It's possible, right, so we're going
to fight to to increase that pay. We want to
see coverage for child care needs or care costs, right,
if you're caring for an elderly relative, right, So some
kind of compensation that would help you address those care
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costs for people who are in those positions. Transportation costs, right,
there's also there's already mileage reimbursements. A lot of people
don't know that. So if you are coming to serve
on federal court, you could be from one of nine
counties and have to come to Philadelphia right from far away,
your mileage can be reimbursed. You can get gas money
right to come here. So just letting people know that
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that is an option. If you have to stay overnight
in a hotel, that cost is already covered, right, So
letting people know that, but then also making sure that
with inflation and these other costs that are rising, that
the courts are that our government is covering those costs
for our durers so that they're not burdened with the
costs to serve and to perform this importance civic duty.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
If I can jump in there real quick, what Lauren
had mentioned in Philadelphia, in the county courts system, it's
nine dollars. And what makes Philadelphia different than every other
county across the state is we do not offer milage reimbursement,
so it's more of a hindrance for our drawers than
the other counties. So we've tried talking to SEPTA to
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offer some sort of discount, really went nowhere and accept
it's a different issue right now.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
They're having their own financial issues right now.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
We have worked with local parking lots where if they
would offer a discount for the drawers, we would advertise
for them as like a little scratch my back down,
scratch your sort of thing, and we've we've been able
to offer that, but it's still ten dollars a day
and that can get costly. And I just actually got
off the film before I was on this call here
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working on something. It's the very early stages, but I'd
like to try to work something with ride shares where
you know, you put our court address into the final
destination and an automatic discount comes off that in return,
we would filter customers their way. So we have to
come up with unique ways here to help our jowers
out for this. The financial side of it. Nine dollars
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a day is absolutely ridiculous. I believe it's been that
way since eighty one or eighty two. Another thing that
we could do that's been brought up, and I don't
know if it's ever going to get a traction, would
be to offer businesses tax breaks. You know, like, hey, listen,
you pay your jurer, you pay your employees for jelry duties,
so they don't have to worry about not being compensated.
(12:30):
You know, we'll offer tax breaks. So maybe not the
nine dollars, maybe not raise the nine dollars, but offer
in a different way.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Well, you're both involved in campaigns to raise awareness about
jury duty and why it's so important, and I wonder
if you could tell us a little more about those
initiatives and how we can clue into those.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Yes, so, we are part of the Voices for Justice
campaign and you can follow this on a committee of
seventy social websites right so on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn you'll
see those, and there's different ads and things that'll probably
follow you around the internet, too, But this is to
just raise awareness about why it matters. So there's the
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kind of public awareness about why jury service is important
and answering that call making sure you're paying attention to
your jury summons when it comes. But then also this
other piece that you and Patrick have mentioned that it's
really important for businesses to be responsible with their civic
time off policies too, and Committee of seventy has been
really vocal about giving flexible time for people to be
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poll workers and giving time off to vote. But that
also extends to jury service, right, And I think a
lot of places have policies that say, sure, we'll give
you time off to be a duror, but what they
really mean is like one or two days and if
you can get out of it, please try, right, And
that's the kind of unspoken part of that policy. But
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we really want to hold up employers that have truly
responsible policies that are generous with that time and that
really put their money where their mouth is and would
compensate employees for you know, if it does take a
week or two for an employee to serve on a trial.
We're lifting up those examples of companies that are doing
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the right thing and really doing right by their employees
and all of us by giving their employees the time
and space to serve on trials. So if they want
to get involved, come to the Committee of Seventies website.
We have all the information you need there for voices
of justice. We're also doing a civic education campaigns, so
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whether that's in rec centers, in public spaces, within companies
right to educate people about why this matters. And then
also through our civic education campaigns in schools, so starting
from kind of fifth grade through high school and into colleges.
Pennsylvania's From hon Our Courts has a wonderful campaign. Patrick,
you've participated in this right going to school classrooms. Maybe
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you could talk a little bit more about how how
you work with high school kids.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
Pennsylvanians or Modern Courts came up with this amazing program
to go out into the schools to teach civics. To
be honest with you, because our schools really don't teach
it anymore. When it gets to the point of jury service,
I've been asked to come out and speak. So I've
been around to different middle schools and high schools to
talk about the importance of it. So if we can
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start educating them early, and we can get those children
to go home and say, hey, mom, the jury commissioner
was in here today. I saw you throw that summons
out the other day. I don't know if that's a
good idea, you know. Do you know that? And maybe
if they can regurgitate some of the things that I
taught them earlier in that day, they take that home
with them and then maybe they change their parents' mindset.
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But it's a great program. We're going on into so
many different communities that I just I feel blessed to
be asked to do this from Pennsylvanias or modern courts.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Lauren, let me give you the last word. For anyone
listening who gets a jury summons, What is your message
to them?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Oh, my goodness, please respond, fill out your questionnaire. Don't
try to get out of it if it's at all
possible to do it. The one thing that we've absolutely
heard from the focus groups we ran with all kinds
of people was that the people who did have that
opportunity to serve, even if they were kind of bummed
about having to be on a jury. Once they did it,
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they found it so meaningful and so worthy of their time,
and that they really valued their ability to participate in
the justice system and have their voice heard and make
the system a little bit more fair for everybody. I
think that that is definitely something we could all use
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a little bit more of, and not not the worst
way to spend your day. So please answer, answer your
jury s.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
And there's ac He's a big plus. If people want
more infam about everything we've talked about, we're the best
places to go.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
At seventy dot org. That's s e v e n
t y dotorg.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Thank you both for joining us today. Lauren Christella, President
and CEO of the Committee of seventy Patrick Martin, Philadelphia
Jury Commissioner, to talk about the crucial role of jury
duty in our democracy from the courtroom to the community,
serving on a jury as one of the most direct
ways citizens can participate in justice. Thank you both for
joining us today.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Death is often seen as one of the last taboos
in society, a subject many avoid until they have no choice.
But what if embracing conversations about death and grief could
transform how we live today. We have the privilege of
speaking with Candy Woman, a board certified clinical chaplain, longtime
hospice chaplain, deathdula, spiritual counselor, and grief transformation coach. Candy
(17:57):
has spent years guiding individuals and families through the sacred
journey of end of life, grief and healing. Her work
is deeply rooted in emotional balance, meaningful conversations, and honoring
the transitions of life with love and intention. She helps
people navigate big emotions, heal, core pain, and find peace
during life's most difficult moments. Candy, thank you so much
(18:18):
for joining us here today. This is such an important conversation.
Let's begin.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Thank you Verin. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Absolutely, your work as a death doulah, chaplain in grief
transformation coach is profound and deeply personal. Can you share
what led you to this calling and how your journey unfolded?
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Thank you so much. It really started years ago when
I was in the military and I was introduced to chaplaincy. There.
That's where I began becoming aware of what a chaplain does.
And why that's so significant is that it was just
someone being present for me, but I only realized this later.
(18:57):
And when I was at the bedside my stepfather and
was with him when he died, I felt something. I
felt something I had never felt before. I felt an
energy that was beyond comprehension. Was a connection that I
knew I had with him, but I didn't I had
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an experienced it like that. And that was years before
I became a chaplain, but it stayed with me, and
I knew when I was becoming a chaplain that I
knew I wanted to work with the end of life.
It intrigued me. I wasn't afraid of it. I had
had other people die in my life, and I knew
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on some level that it was a sacred experience, and
so that became my path for about twenty years now.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Many people struggle with talking about death, even when it
is inevitable. How do you help individuals and families navigate
these big emotions and find peace in those difficult conversations.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Well, Loreene, I think it's important to recognize that we
can't talk about death without talking about grief, because it
is the grief that we've experienced throughout life that often
makes us afraid of death. We don't have enough. In
a lot of ways, we feel like we don't have
enough time to make peace with what's there. We don't
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even know that we're not at peace sometimes till the
end of life. And so when I work with individuals
and families, so my mission is really I've seen so
much at the end of life. And there's a term
that we used in hospice that's terminal agitation, and it's
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often what comes forward. It looks like physical pain, but
it is often spiritual pain. It is often pain from
a spiritual injury, is what I call it. It's the
things that are unresolved that we think we can take
to the right and we can bury them. It's often trauma.
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So it is my mission to help people earlier and
earlier so that we can change the whole trajectory for ourselves,
for our loved one who's dying, and for our whole
family as well as for generations to come. It can
change the whole trajectory by talking about the loss we
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have experienced and what we anticipate.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
You know, there's so many misconceptions about death and dying
in our culture. What are some of the biggest myths
you encounter and how do you work to change these narratives.
Speaker 5 (21:39):
One of the biggest things, and I address this right
off the bat. If I'm doing a grief group or
something like that, I address the dying experience right off
the bat. A couple things. One is that from a
hospice standpoint, and I'm a big ambassador for hospice, I
have my own I've a practiced now not attached to
(22:02):
an agency. But many people go, oh, they gave him
this medication and in a lot of ways they feel
like it hastened their death. Let me be really clear
about that. There are specific reasons that certain medications are
given at the end of life, and one of them
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is I'm not a physician, I'm a clinical chaplain, but
I've worked with this and morphine is one of those.
And morphine is not given for pain at the end
of life. It is given to open the airways so
that it eases the breathing. And then there's an anxiety
medication that's given. And what I try to tell people
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is that these medications help the physical sensation that the
body is going through, as I would cause the soul
begins to disconnect from the body, which feels disconcerting. To
people they don't feel grounded, so that they can do
what they need to do emotionally and spiritually as they
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begin to transition. So it has a lot of purpose.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Your approach into great spirituality, emotional healing and personalized rituals.
Can you share how you tailor your support to honor
the unique needs and beliefs of each individual that you
work with.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
The complicated question, and the reason it's complicated is because
everyone comes with their own set of beliefs.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Right.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
It may be religious, it may be strictly spiritual, and
it may just mean that there's something that touches their
human spirit. So I have worked with people from all
different types of religions, those that are even agnostic and atheists,
to help people find a place of resonance and connection.
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I ask them what is it? Generally speaking, if I
have time with them, I can find out what their
history is, what their value system is, what their practices
have been. Have they felt connected to something? So when
we think of spirituality, many people might think of religion,
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but spirituality is much broader than that. It is about
a relationship with something greater. It is a relationship with
something sacred and divine and holy. Maybe those words aren't used,
but we look to find what is it that has meaning.
Maybe it's nature, maybe it is a religious practice, maybe
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it is a gathering of sort from their culture. And
I try to bring in if it's I personally am Jewish,
so if it's Hebrew, will bring in some Hebrew. If
there are certain songs that hold meaning and the simplest
after a death, to guide people to talk to that
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person before, during, and even after a death, the hearing
is the last to go. So I always create a
sacred circle so that people can share what they need
to share, to say, to to share their heart. And
I often will share with people that this is a portal.
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This isn't opening often to release pain if there's been
pain in the relationship. So it varies from person to person,
to family to family. But moreover, it's about what resonates
for them. It's not bringing in my beliefs, it's bringing
in whatever they need.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Having an end of life plan is something that many
people put off until it's too late. Why is this
planning so critical? And how do you guide people in
creating one that aligns with their values and wishes.
Speaker 5 (25:57):
I don't always do a plan with people what I
If I was going to call it a plan, I
would say, let's talk about what's in the way first,
and then it may be what do you want to happen?
Who do you want to be with you? What do
you want to feel experience, having conversations, I would say,
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and stating your wishes. I suppose you could call that
a plan. There are extensive ways of doing advanced directives
now where they are more like a plan, and it's
more a plan I in my opinion, it's more of
a plan, less about the death, the dying experience, but
the decline, because most people don't just die. It's more
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of a it's not an event, it's a process, and
so it's really about what are your wishes. Say, for
an instance, I know in my own advanced directive, it
is I may lose my capacity to speak well, God forbid,
but I want people to give me the time and
the space to get my words out right. So that
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may be a conversation what would you want if in
the event this would happen? But most people don't really
want to talk about the what ifs. But if we
don't talk about the what ifs, we're not prepared and
our families don't know, they sometimes have to guess at
what that person would want, and so having those conversations
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can prompt other conversations that lead to the emotional conversations.
I know when my mom died was dying. She wasn't
that near near end of life, but she's her neighbor
had died and she died in her sleep, and she said,
she told me that she'd like to die just not
wake up. And I said, that's great, Mom. You know
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that's how most people want to go. But that's not
usually how it happens. So when you get ready, let
me know and I'll tell you how it usually happens.
It would be better for you, but not so much
for me. But it prompted the conversation.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
That conversation is absolutely critical and facing it is part
of the healing process moving forward. If people want more
information about the work that you do and any final
words you might have, share those with us now.
Speaker 5 (28:17):
I can be reached on my website Sacred Work with
Candy dot com Candy with an I also on LinkedIn
and Facebook Chaplain Candy My words, Lorraine is to know
that have those courageous conversations, talk about what you're afraid of,
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say how much you love that person and how much
you're going to miss that person, and let yourself feel
the depth of that. We're not always afraid of death.
What we're afraid of is the loss of connection, and
we're afraid of pain. But let's deal with the loss,
the inner loss and the fear of loss, and that
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makes going towards death, that transformation, that transition much easier
and smoother. I am coming out with my first book,
by the way, called Moxie, a hospice Chaplain's Journey through Grief,
that will be out in the spring, and it's all
connected and it's purposeful.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Candy Werman a board certified clinical chaplain, longtime hospice chaplain,
death doula spiritual counselor, and grief transformational coach, And we
had a conversation that's very important talking about death. We
don't like to talk about it, our culture doesn't really
support our discussion of it, but it is critical and
it's part of the healing process. And thank you so
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much for joining.
Speaker 5 (29:46):
Us today, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
You can listen to all of today's interviews by going
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Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at Lorraine Ballard. I'm
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You've been listening to what's going on, and thank you
Good morning, and welcome to what's going on? A show
about making a difference in our lives and our communities.
I'm Lorraine Balladmorrow. When you get that notice in the
mail that you've been selected for jury duty, some of
you may react with annoyance or try to figure out
a way to get out of it. We're going to
talk to a couple of civic leaders who are trying
to change that mindset. Death is often seen as one
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of the last taboos in our society, a subject many
avoid until they have no choice. But what if embracing
conversations about death and grief could transform how we live?
I speak with Candy Werman, a board certified clinical chaplain,
death doula spiritual counselor, and grief transformation coach. But first
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today we're joined by Alim Howell, an activist with the
Race for Peace Committee. Alim is passionate about creating safer
communities and building bridges between youth and law enforcement. He's
here to tell us about the upcoming sixth Ice Skating
for Peace event, happening Friday, July eleventh, from four fifteen
to six point fifteen at the Skadium and Havertown, sponsored
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by the Havertown Township Police Department. This free community event
includes admission, food, and drinks, all in the name of
peace and unity. So eline for those who may not
be familiar, What is the Race for Peace Committee and
what inspired its creation?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Hell Lorain and thanks for having me today. The Race
for Peace Committee is a nonprofit organization that was founded
in twenty sixteen, so we've been almost joined this for
ten years now, and as an organization that's formed to
have better community outreach and positive community involvement with law
enforcement and police officers. And we do this by having
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events in the community and that's throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Okay, great, can you tell us about this Ice Skating
for Peace event, how it got started and what the
goal is.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
The Ice Skating for Peace event is just something that
we've been basically made up from the top of our minds,
and we thought of a lot of events like basketball
meet and greet events and the ice skinning event in
the closest thing that we can do with have Ford
Township Police Department because we're very local in the community
throughout Delaware County and Montgummery County. So we just thought
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of an event that would be good for everyone, and
we thought ice skating would be a good idea with
a police department because they have the stadium right there
and have it for township for that collaboration.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
So why is it important to have law enforcement involved
in community centered events like this one.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
It's good because when you have community outreach event with
law enforcement, sometimes maybe the crime rapes will go down.
And that's basically the end goal for the Race for
Peace committee is for crime rates to go down, the
black and brown community members have a better relationship with
police and not being always a stereotype.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Youth gun violence continues to be a concern. How does
Race for Peace address this issue through its programs and outreach.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
We address the youth gun violence issue by having summer
events when we can, and also we address that issue
by partnering with our additional organization called Urban Navigation, and
that's an organization that has basketball events at the Derby
Recreation Center in Delaware County and a lot of youth
come out to that event and some law enforcement officers
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play basketball at that event with the youth. And that's
how we try to combat the gun violence and lower
the gun violence and try to stop it and not
have it happen at all.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
What kind of impact have you seen from previous ice
Skating for Piece events?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
The first few ice Skating for Piece events there is
a big attendance, and then one of the years we
partnered with the Philadelphia Flyers sports team, so that I
was really good. And basically it's a bunch of community
members from the Havevord township coming out to ice skate
with law enforcement.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
And how can listeners get involved with the Race for
Peace with support the work you're doing?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
As usual, we have our Facebook page. It's OURFPC social
media on Facebook, or they can type Race for Peace
on the search bar, and then our website is Raceforpeace
dot org. But everything about our events and about our
organization is mainly on the Facebook page for visuals.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Okay, well, thank you so much for joining us. Salim
Howell activists and advocate with the Race for Peace Committee,
passionate about creating a safer community and building bridges between
youth and law enforcement. The upcoming sixth ice Skating for
Piece of vent happens on Friday, July eleventh, from four
fifteen to six point fifteen pm at the Stadium in Havertown.
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Want to thank you so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Thank you, Lauren.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
You've heard of jury duty, but it's more than just
courtroom drama on TV. Most trials involve everyday people and
real life issues that need fair, thoughtful jurors. Some cases
are civil, like personal injuries or contract disputes. Others are criminal,
where jurors decide if charges are proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Either way, your service helps ensure justice when it's your community,
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your people. Justice needs you in the room, respond to
your jury summons. Justice depends on you. You're listening to
what's going on today. We're joined by two passionate civic leaders,
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Lauren Christella, president and CEO of the Committee of seventy
and Patrick Martin, Philadelphia Jury Commissioner. We're here to talk
about the crucial role of jury duty in our democracy,
from the courtroom to the community. Serving on a jury
is one of the most direct way citizens can participate
in justice today. Lauren and Patrick are here to raise awareness,
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increase engagement, and ensure that jury pulls reflect the diversity
of our city. Starting with you, Lauren, Let's start with
a big picture. Why is jury duty so important and
essential to a healthy democracy? And how does it connect
to the mission of the Committee of seventy.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Jury service is so important because everyone deserves a fair trial.
It's one of the underpinnings of our entire system of government,
right that it's one of the things that our founding
fathers fought for. Right that everyone has a right to
a fair trial a jury of their peers.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Right.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
And I think people take it for granted or they think,
you know, let me just go before an expert a judge,
but no, you know, twelve jurors, these people from your
community that have a variety of different experiences that come
from your community, bring their experience and their perspectives to
your case too. That's suauation. It matters, and it actually
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impacts your chance at a fair trial. And when that
doesn't happen, when there's not a diverse jory pool, justice
is at risk. So we think it's important for people
to come. We know that there are lots of barriers
to serving on a jury, but it is so important
for people to step up and to have their voice
heard and to perform this importan civic duty.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Patrick is Philadelphia's Jury Commissioner. What are some common misconceptions
that people have about jury duty and how are you
working to change that narrative.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
We have a lot of people come to us that
it disrupts their day, and we admit that we understand
that it does. But like Lauren said, this is the
foundation of what our system has been built upon, and
we need people from all walks of life to come
together and sit down and judge the facts of the
case and listen to each other and doing so, and
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to hear everybody out and come to hopefully a unanic's
decision one way or the other. But the biggest issue
has to do with their time. We're all busy, and
I do understand that, but we also do need you
because it's important. Like Laurence said earlier, everyone needs to
get a fair trial, and we can't just have the
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same people coming in over and over again. The business
and misconception is that their opinion doesn't matter. I can
speak from personal experience. I've actually I've had your duty.
I didn't let my co jewers know who I was
or what I did for a living, but to see
that side of it was very enlightening and I was
kind of proud of my end to see all of
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these citizens come together. If you sat in that deliberating
room as one of those twelve jewors, you would have
seen so many different people. We found out different neighborhoods
where people were from, but we all came together and
we came to a decision, which was beautiful. You know,
And I'm very passionate about what I do, so I
say things like it is beautiful, but it is.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It is.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
It's great to see that the person ended up getting
a fair trial because of what we had to say.
There aren't too many things that citizens are asked to do.
This is one of the big ones. I don't think
people realize just how important it is.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Lauren, you touched on this earlier, but we know that
many people face barriers to serving. What steps are being
taken to make jury service more accessible, especially for working families, students,
or low income residents.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Yeah, absolutely, So part of the campaign that the Committee
of seventy is leading with our partners honestly in the
court system and also with Pennsylvania's from Modern Court, CEVA
and other civic leaders, is to address these barriers. So
one is to pass legislation that would increase the pay
for jurors. So you know, it's nine dollars for municipal court.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
We want to.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Increase that for federal court. I think it's fifty dollars.
We want to see that Arizona pays over three hundred
dollars with their journey. It's possible, right, so we're going
to fight to to increase that pay. We want to
see coverage for child care needs or care costs, right,
if you're caring for an elderly relative, right, So some
kind of compensation that would help you address those care
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costs for people who are in those positions. Transportation costs, right,
there's also there's already mileage reimbursements. A lot of people
don't know that. So if you are coming to serve
on federal court, you could be from one of nine
counties and have to come to Philadelphia right from far away,
your mileage can be reimbursed. You can get gas money
right to come here. So just letting people know that
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that is an option. If you have to stay overnight
in a hotel, that cost is already covered, right, So
letting people know that, but then also making sure that
with inflation and these other costs that are rising, that
the courts are that our government is covering those costs
for our durers so that they're not burdened with the
costs to serve and to perform this importance civic duty.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
If I can jump in there real quick, what Lauren
had mentioned in Philadelphia, in the county courts system, it's
nine dollars. And what makes Philadelphia different than every other
county across the state is we do not offer milage reimbursement,
so it's more of a hindrance for our drawers than
the other counties. So we've tried talking to SEPTA to
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offer some sort of discount, really went nowhere and accept
it's a different issue right now.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
They're having their own financial issues right now.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
We have worked with local parking lots where if they
would offer a discount for the drawers, we would advertise
for them as like a little scratch my back down,
scratch your sort of thing, and we've we've been able
to offer that, but it's still ten dollars a day
and that can get costly. And I just actually got
off the film before I was on this call here
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working on something. It's the very early stages, but I'd
like to try to work something with ride shares where
you know, you put our court address into the final
destination and an automatic discount comes off that in return,
we would filter customers their way. So we have to
come up with unique ways here to help our jowers
out for this. The financial side of it. Nine dollars
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a day is absolutely ridiculous. I believe it's been that
way since eighty one or eighty two. Another thing that
we could do that's been brought up, and I don't
know if it's ever going to get a traction, would
be to offer businesses tax breaks. You know, like, hey, listen,
you pay your jurer, you pay your employees for jelry duties,
so they don't have to worry about not being compensated.
(12:30):
You know, we'll offer tax breaks. So maybe not the
nine dollars, maybe not raise the nine dollars, but offer
in a different way.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Well, you're both involved in campaigns to raise awareness about
jury duty and why it's so important, and I wonder
if you could tell us a little more about those
initiatives and how we can clue into those.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Yes, so, we are part of the Voices for Justice
campaign and you can follow this on a committee of
seventy social websites right so on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn you'll
see those, and there's different ads and things that'll probably
follow you around the internet, too, But this is to
just raise awareness about why it matters. So there's the
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kind of public awareness about why jury service is important
and answering that call making sure you're paying attention to
your jury summons when it comes. But then also this
other piece that you and Patrick have mentioned that it's
really important for businesses to be responsible with their civic
time off policies too, and Committee of seventy has been
really vocal about giving flexible time for people to be
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poll workers and giving time off to vote. But that
also extends to jury service, right, And I think a
lot of places have policies that say, sure, we'll give
you time off to be a duror, but what they
really mean is like one or two days and if
you can get out of it, please try, right, And
that's the kind of unspoken part of that policy. But
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we really want to hold up employers that have truly
responsible policies that are generous with that time and that
really put their money where their mouth is and would
compensate employees for you know, if it does take a
week or two for an employee to serve on a trial.
We're lifting up those examples of companies that are doing
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the right thing and really doing right by their employees
and all of us by giving their employees the time
and space to serve on trials. So if they want
to get involved, come to the Committee of Seventies website.
We have all the information you need there for voices
of justice. We're also doing a civic education campaigns, so
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whether that's in rec centers, in public spaces, within companies
right to educate people about why this matters. And then
also through our civic education campaigns in schools, so starting
from kind of fifth grade through high school and into colleges.
Pennsylvania's From hon Our Courts has a wonderful campaign. Patrick,
you've participated in this right going to school classrooms. Maybe
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you could talk a little bit more about how how
you work with high school kids.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
Pennsylvanians or Modern Courts came up with this amazing program
to go out into the schools to teach civics. To
be honest with you, because our schools really don't teach
it anymore. When it gets to the point of jury service,
I've been asked to come out and speak. So I've
been around to different middle schools and high schools to
talk about the importance of it. So if we can
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start educating them early, and we can get those children
to go home and say, hey, mom, the jury commissioner
was in here today. I saw you throw that summons
out the other day. I don't know if that's a
good idea, you know. Do you know that? And maybe
if they can regurgitate some of the things that I
taught them earlier in that day, they take that home
with them and then maybe they change their parents' mindset.
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But it's a great program. We're going on into so
many different communities that I just I feel blessed to
be asked to do this from Pennsylvanias or modern courts.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Lauren, let me give you the last word. For anyone
listening who gets a jury summons, What is your message
to them?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Oh, my goodness, please respond, fill out your questionnaire. Don't
try to get out of it if it's at all
possible to do it. The one thing that we've absolutely
heard from the focus groups we ran with all kinds
of people was that the people who did have that
opportunity to serve, even if they were kind of bummed
about having to be on a jury. Once they did it,
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they found it so meaningful and so worthy of their time,
and that they really valued their ability to participate in
the justice system and have their voice heard and make
the system a little bit more fair for everybody. I
think that that is definitely something we could all use
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a little bit more of, and not not the worst
way to spend your day. So please answer, answer your
jury s.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
And there's ac He's a big plus. If people want
more infam about everything we've talked about, we're the best
places to go.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
At seventy dot org. That's s e v e n
t y dotorg.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Thank you both for joining us today. Lauren Christella, President
and CEO of the Committee of seventy Patrick Martin, Philadelphia
Jury Commissioner, to talk about the crucial role of jury
duty in our democracy from the courtroom to the community,
serving on a jury as one of the most direct
ways citizens can participate in justice. Thank you both for
joining us today.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Death is often seen as one of the last taboos
in society, a subject many avoid until they have no choice.
But what if embracing conversations about death and grief could
transform how we live today. We have the privilege of
speaking with Candy Woman, a board certified clinical chaplain, longtime
hospice chaplain, deathdula, spiritual counselor, and grief transformation coach. Candy
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has spent years guiding individuals and families through the sacred
journey of end of life, grief and healing. Her work
is deeply rooted in emotional balance, meaningful conversations, and honoring
the transitions of life with love and intention. She helps
people navigate big emotions, heal, core pain, and find peace
during life's most difficult moments. Candy, thank you so much
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for joining us here today. This is such an important conversation.
Let's begin.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Thank you Verin. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Absolutely, your work as a death doulah, chaplain in grief
transformation coach is profound and deeply personal. Can you share
what led you to this calling and how your journey unfolded?
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Thank you so much. It really started years ago when
I was in the military and I was introduced to chaplaincy. There.
That's where I began becoming aware of what a chaplain does.
And why that's so significant is that it was just
someone being present for me, but I only realized this later.
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And when I was at the bedside my stepfather and
was with him when he died, I felt something. I
felt something I had never felt before. I felt an
energy that was beyond comprehension. Was a connection that I
knew I had with him, but I didn't I had
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an experienced it like that. And that was years before
I became a chaplain, but it stayed with me, and
I knew when I was becoming a chaplain that I
knew I wanted to work with the end of life.
It intrigued me. I wasn't afraid of it. I had
had other people die in my life, and I knew
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on some level that it was a sacred experience, and
so that became my path for about twenty years now.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Many people struggle with talking about death, even when it
is inevitable. How do you help individuals and families navigate
these big emotions and find peace in those difficult conversations.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Well, Loreene, I think it's important to recognize that we
can't talk about death without talking about grief, because it
is the grief that we've experienced throughout life that often
makes us afraid of death. We don't have enough. In
a lot of ways, we feel like we don't have
enough time to make peace with what's there. We don't
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even know that we're not at peace sometimes till the
end of life. And so when I work with individuals
and families, so my mission is really I've seen so
much at the end of life. And there's a term
that we used in hospice that's terminal agitation, and it's
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often what comes forward. It looks like physical pain, but
it is often spiritual pain. It is often pain from
a spiritual injury, is what I call it. It's the
things that are unresolved that we think we can take
to the right and we can bury them. It's often trauma.
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So it is my mission to help people earlier and
earlier so that we can change the whole trajectory for ourselves,
for our loved one who's dying, and for our whole
family as well as for generations to come. It can
change the whole trajectory by talking about the loss we
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have experienced and what we anticipate.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
You know, there's so many misconceptions about death and dying
in our culture. What are some of the biggest myths
you encounter and how do you work to change these narratives.
Speaker 5 (21:39):
One of the biggest things, and I address this right
off the bat. If I'm doing a grief group or
something like that, I address the dying experience right off
the bat. A couple things. One is that from a
hospice standpoint, and I'm a big ambassador for hospice, I
have my own I've a practiced now not attached to
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an agency. But many people go, oh, they gave him
this medication and in a lot of ways they feel
like it hastened their death. Let me be really clear
about that. There are specific reasons that certain medications are
given at the end of life, and one of them
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is I'm not a physician, I'm a clinical chaplain, but
I've worked with this and morphine is one of those.
And morphine is not given for pain at the end
of life. It is given to open the airways so
that it eases the breathing. And then there's an anxiety
medication that's given. And what I try to tell people
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is that these medications help the physical sensation that the
body is going through, as I would cause the soul
begins to disconnect from the body, which feels disconcerting. To
people they don't feel grounded, so that they can do
what they need to do emotionally and spiritually as they
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begin to transition. So it has a lot of purpose.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Your approach into great spirituality, emotional healing and personalized rituals.
Can you share how you tailor your support to honor
the unique needs and beliefs of each individual that you
work with.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
The complicated question, and the reason it's complicated is because
everyone comes with their own set of beliefs.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Right.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
It may be religious, it may be strictly spiritual, and
it may just mean that there's something that touches their
human spirit. So I have worked with people from all
different types of religions, those that are even agnostic and atheists,
to help people find a place of resonance and connection.
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I ask them what is it? Generally speaking, if I
have time with them, I can find out what their
history is, what their value system is, what their practices
have been. Have they felt connected to something? So when
we think of spirituality, many people might think of religion,
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but spirituality is much broader than that. It is about
a relationship with something greater. It is a relationship with
something sacred and divine and holy. Maybe those words aren't used,
but we look to find what is it that has meaning.
Maybe it's nature, maybe it is a religious practice, maybe
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it is a gathering of sort from their culture. And
I try to bring in if it's I personally am Jewish,
so if it's Hebrew, will bring in some Hebrew. If
there are certain songs that hold meaning and the simplest
after a death, to guide people to talk to that
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person before, during, and even after a death, the hearing
is the last to go. So I always create a
sacred circle so that people can share what they need
to share, to say, to to share their heart. And
I often will share with people that this is a portal.
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This isn't opening often to release pain if there's been
pain in the relationship. So it varies from person to person,
to family to family. But moreover, it's about what resonates
for them. It's not bringing in my beliefs, it's bringing
in whatever they need.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Having an end of life plan is something that many
people put off until it's too late. Why is this
planning so critical? And how do you guide people in
creating one that aligns with their values and wishes.
Speaker 5 (25:57):
I don't always do a plan with people what I
If I was going to call it a plan, I
would say, let's talk about what's in the way first,
and then it may be what do you want to happen?
Who do you want to be with you? What do
you want to feel experience, having conversations, I would say,
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and stating your wishes. I suppose you could call that
a plan. There are extensive ways of doing advanced directives
now where they are more like a plan, and it's
more a plan I in my opinion, it's more of
a plan, less about the death, the dying experience, but
the decline, because most people don't just die. It's more
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of a it's not an event, it's a process, and
so it's really about what are your wishes. Say, for
an instance, I know in my own advanced directive, it
is I may lose my capacity to speak well, God forbid,
but I want people to give me the time and
the space to get my words out right. So that
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may be a conversation what would you want if in
the event this would happen? But most people don't really
want to talk about the what ifs. But if we
don't talk about the what ifs, we're not prepared and
our families don't know, they sometimes have to guess at
what that person would want, and so having those conversations
(27:28):
can prompt other conversations that lead to the emotional conversations.
I know when my mom died was dying. She wasn't
that near near end of life, but she's her neighbor
had died and she died in her sleep, and she said,
she told me that she'd like to die just not
wake up. And I said, that's great, Mom. You know
(27:49):
that's how most people want to go. But that's not
usually how it happens. So when you get ready, let
me know and I'll tell you how it usually happens.
It would be better for you, but not so much
for me. But it prompted the conversation.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
That conversation is absolutely critical and facing it is part
of the healing process moving forward. If people want more
information about the work that you do and any final
words you might have, share those with us now.
Speaker 5 (28:17):
I can be reached on my website Sacred Work with
Candy dot com Candy with an I also on LinkedIn
and Facebook Chaplain Candy My words, Lorraine is to know
that have those courageous conversations, talk about what you're afraid of,
(28:43):
say how much you love that person and how much
you're going to miss that person, and let yourself feel
the depth of that. We're not always afraid of death.
What we're afraid of is the loss of connection, and
we're afraid of pain. But let's deal with the loss,
the inner loss and the fear of loss, and that
(29:05):
makes going towards death, that transformation, that transition much easier
and smoother. I am coming out with my first book,
by the way, called Moxie, a hospice Chaplain's Journey through Grief,
that will be out in the spring, and it's all
connected and it's purposeful.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Candy Werman a board certified clinical chaplain, longtime hospice chaplain,
death doula spiritual counselor, and grief transformational coach, And we
had a conversation that's very important talking about death. We
don't like to talk about it, our culture doesn't really
support our discussion of it, but it is critical and
it's part of the healing process. And thank you so
(29:45):
much for joining.
Speaker 5 (29:46):
Us today, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
You can listen to all of today's interviews by going
to our station website and typing in Keyword Community. You
can also listen on the iHeartRadio app Keywords Philadelphia Community Podcast.
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at Lorraine Ballard. I'm
Lorraine Ballard Morrel and I stand for service to our
community and media that empowers. What will you stand for?
(30:08):
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