Community Crisis and Grief

"Com" = "With." Our "com"-passion support for persons experiencing community crisis and collective grief.

Public Service Education: Community Crisis and Grief

We send support to the many communities, families, and individuals affected by current community crises.
This public service education video describes different kinds of community crises; different groups of persons impacted with basic roles and tasks before and during a community crisis; community grief; and potential effects of community crisis/grief for persons who are already experiencing the “normal” bereavement of a loved one.

Video Segments (click on the video’s progress bar): 0:00 Com = With; 0:29 Different Kinds of Community Loss; 1:24 Who Is Affected? How?; 6:57 Re-Lation-Ships; 8:22 Impact for Already-Bereaved Persons; 9:39 Care for Your Whole Self; 13:58 Months and Years Ahead

CMS Emergency Disaster Preparedness Requirements for All Hospice Providers 

Key National Organizations for Community Crisis Preparation, Relief, and Recovery

Calls to Action

  • “What’s important? A hurricane lets you know.” ~ Author unknown.
  • “Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it’s an earthquake – when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help.” ~ Martin Luther King III
  • “In unity, there is strength; when communities come together during a crisis, they can accomplish the impossible.” ~ Amanda Ripley, The Unthinkable
  • “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” ~ Coretta Scott King

Key Community Crisis Events

More Personal Resources for Coping with Loss and Grief, from Composing Life Out of Loss

For Organizations: our Grief Video Library (English and Spanish)
For Musicians: book, Music of the Soul – Composing Life Out of Loss

Archives from Earlier Community Crises