%0 Journal Article
%T Engaging Community Members in Providing Support for the Dying and the Bereaved: Activities in Social Work Community Practice
%A Amy DĄŻAndrade
%A Kelsey Crowe
%J Families in Society
%@ 1945-1350
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1044389418810021
%X In this practice note, the authors describe three main community engagement strategies around empathy in times of suffering: (1) raising public awareness about the value of community support in times of grief with the creation of a neighborhood-based public campaign; (2) providing educational, skill-building workshops to instill confidence and communication skills among lay people in community, business, and medical settings that want to connect with people they know experiencing a personal difficulty; and (3) publishing a lighthearted, illustrated trade book and website/blog to make a difficult topic palatable and engaging to a broad audience. Activities were housed in a fiscally sponsored nonprofit the authors founded in 2014 called Help Each Other Out
%K community practice
%K social work education
%K professional issues
%K caregiving
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1044389418810021