Accessibility in ASP Education

Learning with ASP

A Sacred Passing teaches from a community-centered framework in which all persons are witnessed and seen as valuable in their inherent worth and dignity. You are invited to come as you are with an open heart and open mind. We invite all person(s) to work together to push and expand on our shared understanding of creativity, justice, and inclusive community care. 

Our courses include discussion of dominant cultural norms, implicit bias, and integrating self-accountability and justice-based frameworks into companionship (doulas, death workers, community members, cultural care workers, et al) at end-of-life and in death. While these topics are foundational to our curriculum, ASP does not offer introductory training surrounding bias, oppression, and cultural humility. Please show up prepared to create agreements for our space together.

Accessibility Details

All ASP courses are participatory and learner engagement is expected. Time for breaks, moments of rest, and community building are prioritized in ASP learning spaces. In developing this curriculum ASP and facilitators have taken steps to make the structure and content accessible to a variety of learning styles. Our classes are generally less than 12 cohort members.

For many online courses, the curriculum is a hybrid model with LIVE and offline opportunities to learn. The courses create space for the group to set a pace together, they are not self-paced. Participants will be able to work through some content on their own, and some in class. All are encouraged to participate in weekly discussion groups (on Slack – or within the learning platform) with other learners. Coursework is regularly updated by facilitators and includes reading, exercises, online discussions, journaling and note-taking, watching videos or listening to audio. 

Depending on the person, written and video content may take dedicated time each week depending on your own learning needs, styles and reading speed. The course includes text, written materials, audio, and video. Please reach out to ASP prior to registration if language translation services are needed, we will do our best to accommodate requests.

Do not hesitate to contact classes@asacredpassing.org for sharing your specific access needs, feedback, and suggestions for adapting, improving, and updating the curriculum as needed.  

Online Course Details

Please note that all workshops, classes, and community educational offerings are currently available online only. ASP will update this website when in-person classes are being offered again. Thank you!

Participants will receive all Zoom Access / Online Learning details via email from classes@asacredpassing.org prior to the first class day. Please check inbox, spam, and other folders for all emails and save us to your email contacts if needed.

Communicating with Instructors

If any participants need to contact the instructors / facilitators for any course please email classes@asacredpassing.org, you can expect to receive an email back within one week and within 24hrs during the day of an active course. If you need to reach the course instructors via text / phone for accessibility, please let us know in advance of the course and we will contact you with a number that you can use to reach us. 

Participant Investment

Time & Environment

This curriculum is offered through Zoom in four hour blocks on three days. This course is live. Participants will be asked to work through the content as a cohort each day, with some individual and small group activities. After the course is completed, participants are invited to participate in self-paced discussion groups (on Slack – or within the learning platform) with other learners. Coursework is regularly updated by facilitators and includes reading, exercises, online discussions, journaling and note-taking, watching videos or listening to audio. The course also includes suggested podcast, movie, music, and mixed-media.

Program Fee / Payment Plans / Scholarships

Course payment is offered at a sliding-scale rate and each offering will have details for fee/cost information listed. Custom payment plans are available for all students, please email us and let us know what timeline would best fit your needs. The curriculum will be available to both individuals and community groups, please use the registration form for individuals and email for group scheduling.  

For honoraria / scholarships only: In honor of generational Queer, Trans, and Black, Indigenous, People of Color / Global Majority (QTBIPOC) mentorship in care work and in hopes of building towards QTBIPOC-centered wisdom and abundance in death care and education, ASP currently offers cost-assistance / scholarships to reduce the overall fee of the program for Indigenous, Black, Brown, Trans and Queer community members. Please reach out via email and let us know how much financial support is needed to make the course possible for you.

For payment plan support only: Email ASP classes@asacredpassing.org first to arrange a payment plan and get a unique link for registration and payments. After this and the completion of the registration form, an invoice will be emailed to each participant from dollarbill@asacredpassing.org. After payment of the invoice, you will receive a registration confirmation email, and additional information will be sent via email one week before the date of your class. 

A space will be reserved once a person's investment is made in full, or cost assistance zeros the balance. If you can pay more, please do. Our reduced-cost program depends on those who can invest at full cost. Please complete the registration form or email classes@asacredpassing.org to inquire about investment options.