A Continuum of Care
Historically, care for the dead was handled by family and community. For some families, religious and cultural rituals continue to provide guidance, support, and meaning when death occurs. We honor and respect the Black funeral tradition of homegoings, religious burial societies such as Jewish chevra kadisha, Muslim janazah, and Quaker Care Groups, tribal practices of Native American communities, and the death care and bereavement traditions sustained in immigrant and refugee communities. For communities subjected to systemic racism, caring properly for the dead is a deeply important form of community respect and cultural survival. (See our Resources section for more on the impact of systemic racism in death care.)
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