Events for October 2024

The Chosen Death Forum is for members of Final Exit Network only. This is an open forum to discuss with other Final Exit Network members ideas, feelings, and concerns regarding legal end-of-life choices. This forum is also for those whose loved ones are contemplating end-of-life options. Based on the Death Café model, the forum includes no formal presentation or program, and there is no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product, or course of action.

San Francisco Public Library is hosting the official book launch of There at the End: Voices from Final Exit Network--A Celebration of 20 Years with a discussion from 6 to 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Koret Auditorium. The anthology, published in 2024, honors the 20th anniversary of Final Exit Network (FEN), a U.S. nonprofit organization focused on choice in dying. The group’s mission is to uphold that mentally competent adults who suffer from terminal illnesses, intractable pain, or irreversible physical conditions have a right to die legally and peacefully. The book is a collection of unique first-person accounts that explore the range of emotions and processes of Final Exit Network clients as they come to terms with end of life decisions for themselves and their loved ones, and its specially trained volunteers who discuss their roles as guides and, often, confidants. What: Jim Van Buskirk, editor of There at the End: Voices from Final Exit Network--A Celebration of 20 Years and Final Exit Network regional coordinator, will be joined by a FEN senior exit guide (and anthology contributor) for a conversation about navigating end of life decisions. The discussion is targeted toward those preparing for end of life decisions, friends and family members searching for information on how [...]

Join us for a free one-hour webinar to explore the origins of our newly published anthology, There at the End: Voices from Final Exit Network -- A Celebration of 20 Years, and to hear from its editor and contributors. Webinar presenters include anthology contributors Brian Ruder, FEN board president; Lowrey Brown, FEN Exit Guide Program director; and Jim Van Buskirk, book editor and FEN volunteer. Register today! You will receive a confirmation email upon registering. Registered participants will receive the Zoom link in a reminder email sent a few days prior to the event.

Janis Landis will be teaching a virtual course on Final Exit Network and the importance of correctly implemented advanced directives.