Grieve Gracefully Symposium

The Grieve Gracefully Symposium is our signature conference dedicated to culturally grounded grief education, mental health awareness, and healing practices. Featuring panels, workshops, and lived-experience storytelling, the symposium explores grief, trauma, stigma, and systemic barriers. Participants gain actionable strategies for compassionate grief support and engage in meaningful reflection to strengthen equitable care for children, families, and communities.

Come both days, Friday only, or Saturday only. Friday rates are the same whether or not you stay for Saturday, and Saturday is free. Registration is required for every day.

Day one: Examining how Black families survive and navigate systems

Friday, October 16, 2026
Judi’s House
9am-4:30pm

For professionals, students, and community members with lived experience

Registration Cost (Both Days or Friday Only):

• Professional: $149 ($129 early bird through September 30)
• Student: $99 (student email required)
• Community & Lived Experience: $79 ($59 early bird through September 30)
• Same price for both days or Friday only. Includes meals and materials.

*CE credits available

Description: Providing Care-

Professionals will examine Black grief through historical context, research, and community voice, exploring how bereaved Black families navigate systems and inequities across critical areas of life. Participants will move from understanding these systemic barriers, to identifying measurable changes in practice, policy, or partnership that better support Black families experiencing grief.

Day two: Healing, community power, and transforming those systems together

Saturday, October 17, 2026
Judi’s House
9am-4:30pm

Registration Cost (Saturday Only):

Free and open to everyone. Choose the Saturday Only ticket for Professional, Student, or Community & Lived Experience. Registered for both days? You are already set.

Youth programming available for ages 4–17, limited to 15 children.
Volunteering? Choose the Volunteer ticket when you register.
Donations welcome at coloradogives.org/donate/Gs1d5g

Description: Healing For You-

Day two is an invitation to witness the power of healing and collective action in Black communities. Through compelling stories, creative expression, cultural wisdom, and lived experience, participants will explore what is possible when communities lead, voices are amplified, and healing becomes a catalyst for lasting change. Together, we will move from inspiration to action and from individual effort to collective impact.

Presented by
The Black Grief Collaborative, an initiative of Adam’s Purpose

In partnership with
Judi’s House JAG Institute
Denver Family Institute