Are you a friend, community or family member of someone who chose MAiD?
We are grateful you found your way here and want to honor the journey that brought you. This is not a space for medical providers, death doulas or employed caretakers, but a supportive space for partners, friends, family, and beloveds of someone who has chosen the MAiD process. If you join this group as a professional seeking to learn from the space, you will be asked to leave- no exceptions.
Our Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) Grief Group is a free of cost, virtual drop in group where friends, family and community members can come together in conversation and care. Join us every first Sunday of the month 7:00pm-8:30pm PST/5:00pm-6:30pm HST
Please complete the registration form below, We look forward to having you join us!
Meet our Facilitators:
MAiD Facilitators:
Leilani Maxera (she/they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. They are a daughter of the Hawaiian diaspora raised in Martinez, California. Leilani grew up in the homeland of the Karkin and Muwekma Ohlone Tribes and was called home to Hawai’i in 2014. Leilani now resides in Tacoma, WA, home of the Puyallup Tribe. Leilani is a therapist, death educator, and grief worker with their own private practice, Kaipuokaualoku Therapy + Death Work + Consulting (kaipuokaualoku.com), and is on the Board of A Sacred Passing based in Seattle. Leilani has also worked and volunteered in harm reduction since 2007 and feels strongly about reducing the stigma of drug use. They previously managed a statewide syringe exchange and overdose prevention program and co-founded Hawai'i Opioid+ Consumer Alliance (HO+CA) in 2023 with the intention of spreading overdose prevention and harm reduction knowledge among people who use drugs.Joy Rodriguez (she/her) is a bedside End of Life Doula. She racially identifies as hapa and grew under the tall redwoods of the Santa Cruz mountains. She raised her children under the pines and cedars of Eastern Washington and now thrives on Oʻahu. When not serving as a doula or a parent, she works in construction management and plays in the mountains and on the beaches of a beautiful island.
Joy Rodriguez (she/her)
Bedside End of Life Ally. Joy helps people access their end-of-life choices; including initial education and planning, care coordination, day of death attendance, after death care and support for bereaved. Served her community as a volunteer for Hospice of Spokane and End of Life Washington from 2015 thru 2019. Since 2020, she leads a donation- based education and companion program in Honolulu. Among other things, Joy identifies as Yonsei - half Japanese. She also identifies as a wife and the mother of two strong Filipina daughters and one gentle son. She is intensely grateful to the Hawaiian People because she is a settler on the island of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian Kingdom that was illegally annexed by United States government. Joy lives in the valley of Pālolo which is an ʻili of the Waikīkī ahupuaʻa in moku of Kona (Honolulu).
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at info@asacredpassing.org
