Adam's Purpose

October is full of opportunities to connect, heal, and grow together. 💛 From Family Healing Circles to Grieve Gracefully and Horse Therapy, we’re creating intentional spaces for our families and community all month long.

Save the dates, we hope to see you there! ✨

Join us for our October Family Healing Circles as we create space for honest conversation, connection, and healing.

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
Check-in & breakfast: 9:00 AM | Community grounding: 9:15 AM
💬 Theme: The Myth of Resilience: Handling Grief Alone and Supporting Others

Together, we’ll explore what it means to move beyond the expectation of “being strong” and discover healthier ways to receive and offer support through grief.

✨ A few reminders before you join us:
• An Adam’s Purpose Intake Form must be completed before attending programming.
• Please register in advance so we can prepare food, materials, and space for everyone.
• Children’s tickets are limited and available until capacity is reached.
• If your plans change, please let us know so we can make your space available to another family.

Come as you are. There is space for you here.

Questions or need help registering? Contact [email protected].

Grieve Gracefully 2026 is coming up, and we’re just getting started! 💛

We’ve already announced our incredible keynote speaker, Dr. Tashel Bordere, and there’s so much more exciting news to come. Have you registered yet?

Not sure which day of Grieve Gracefully is for you? Maybe it’s one… maybe it’s BOTH!

✨ Friday, October 16 | Providing Care
Designed for professionals, providers, educators, faith leaders, advocates, and community members ready to examine Black grief, systemic barriers, and how we can create meaningful change.

✨ Saturday, October 17 | Healing for You
Centered on lived experience, culture, creativity, community, healing, and turning our collective power into action.
Whether you provide care, have experienced grief, advocate for change, or simply want to be part of the conversation, there’s a place for you at Grieve Gracefully.

Early Bird Registration ends September 30! Don’t wait to reserve your spot.

📍 Judi’s House | Aurora, CO
📅 October 16–17, 2026

https://adamspurpose.org/symposium/

Come learn. Come connect. Come heal. Come be part of the change. 💛

💛 Adam’s Purpose will be in the community!

We’re honored to attend the National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims, hosted by POMC Denver in partnership with STOP COVAD and Community College of Denver.

Our team will be there to stand alongside families, honor loved ones, and share resources and support. We hope you’ll meet us there! 💛

📅 Friday, September 25 | 6–8 PM
📍 Community College of Denver
FREE | Registration required

Register here⁠: https://www.stopcovad.org/service-page/national-day-of-remembrance-1

Together, we remember. Together, we heal.

Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, CT is an internationally-known scholar, author, speaker, consultant, and PI at the Center for Family Policy and Research at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Dr. Bordere is the Past President of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG), Advisory Board member for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), and past ADEC Board Member. She completed a Forward Promise Fellowship through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) focused on healing among Black youth.

Dr. Bordere’s research focuses on intersectionality, cultural trauma, stigmatized loss (gun violence), suffocated grief (a term she coined), Black youth and family grief and rituals. She has received numerous national and international awards including the Outstanding Professional Service in the Field of Death, Dying and Bereavement Award (International Death, Grief, and Bereavement Conference), Dr. Ronald K. Barrett Award (ADEC), Excellence in Engagement in Outreach (MU), and the Outstanding Faculty Mentorship to underrepresented students award (MU).

Dr. Bordere has done keynotes, workshops, trainings, and published numerous articles, book chapters, and books related to her research on inequities in loss, cultural healing, and culturally resonant practices. She co-edited and co-wrote The Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief (Routledge). She developed SHED Grief Tools for Schools. Dr. Bordere is a grief, health, and cultural expert and advisor on documentary films related to bereavement in multicultural families and disenfranchised losses (child loss, homicide survivorship).

Dr. Bordere has been featured in multiple national and international media outlets including USA Today, New York Times, Legacy.Com, Psychology Today, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, and NPR (WPSU: Take Note). She is a proud New Orleans native and Mom.

✨ We’re excited to announce Grieve Gracefully 2026! ✨

The Black Grief Collaborative presents the Grieve Gracefully: Grief, Loss & Trauma Symposium, happening October 16–17, 2026.

This year’s theme, “Breathing Again: From Surviving Systems to Transforming Them,” brings us together for two transformative days centered on healing, education, connection, and meaningful conversation.

From inspiring speakers and interactive workshops to powerful storytelling and practical tools, Grieve Gracefully is creating space for professionals, community leaders, advocates, bereaved families, and those with lived experience to learn, heal, and grow together. 💛

Registration is officially open!

Visit https://adamspurpose.org/symposium/ to learn more and register.

We hope you’ll join us. This is more than a symposium, it’s a space to breathe again. 💛

Meet the leaders helping shape the vision and impact of Adam’s Purpose.

We are incredibly grateful for our Board of Directors and their continued leadership, wisdom, and commitment to our mission. Their guidance strengthens our organization, expands our reach, and deepens our impact in the community.

Together, we are creating spaces of help, hope, and healing for bereaved Black mothers and their families.

Thank you for leading with purpose and helping move our mission forward.