Alica Forneret
PO Box 20934, Riverside, CA 92516
The mission of PAUSE is to create spaces that produce safe, culturally-specific, and expert-informed grief and end of life resources serving Communities of Color. This is a critical gap that must be addressed. The way People of Color experience grief after a death-related loss is different, and what we need to grieve safely and with dignity is different. PAUSE engages end-of-life professionals, leaders, and related industries in the advocacy of health equity and equity in death for People of Color (i.e. connects grief, mental health, end of life service providers, and deathcare professionals (doulas, hospices, and spiritual leaders) to People of Color seeking these services).
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About Alica Forneret
PAUSE is a nonprofit focused on supporting Communities of Color through grief and end of life. PAUSE's founder and Executive Director Alica Forneret (she/her) is an educator, speaker, and consultant dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore grief and grieving. She created PAUSE amidst the protests of 2020, which were a direct response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Alica's writings about grief, work, and race have been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, GQ, and more.