Holly Blue Hawkins

Holly Blue Hawkins is a Natural Deathcare advocate, community organizer, author, storyteller, musician, and poet. For over twenty years she has been performing the traditional Jewish sacred ceremonies of Taharah and Sh’mirah, washing, dressing and caring for the dead. As Rosha (“Head”) of The Santa Cruz Community Chevrah Kadisha in California, faculty with Gamliel Institute, and co-founder of the Natural Deathcare Initiative, Holly Blue provides training in a wide variety of end-of-life subjects in both Jewish and secular settings. She is a member of the Green Burial Council’s Speakers Bureau, has served on the Board of Trustees of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of California, is an annual presenter at Limmud UK, and is a graduate and guest presenter with Final Passages. She presents internationally on a wide variety of topics related to death, dying, and sustainable after-death care. www.LastRespectsConsulting.com