Posted 9:11 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2011
End-of-life issues. It’s a conversation most people don’t want to have. It causes even more stress when families are under the most stressful time of their lives.
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Producers to lead discussion on ‘Consider the Conversation’
End-of-life issues. It’s a conversation most people don’t want to have. It causes even more stress when families are under the most stressful time of their lives.
A UW-La Crosse communication professor hopes to start changing that among students in his persuasive campaigns classes — and others.
Associate Professor Mike Tollefson persuaded the producers of “Consider the Conversation: A documentary on a taboo subject” to come to La Crosse to discuss their film about meaningful dialogue about end-of-life issues. The program is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Main Hall Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Get tickets through the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8877.
Following the 60-minute documentary, producers Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal will lead a panel discussion on end-of-life. They’ll be joined by Bud Hammes, Gundersen Lutheran; Pastor Barbara Kopperud, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church; Nickijo Hager, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Dr. Michael Brennan, UW-L Sociology Department.
“Consider the Conversation” is billed as a powerful and inspiring film on the American struggle with communication and preparation for the end of life. The two long-time friends, Bernhagen, a veteran hospice educator, and Kaldhusdal, a state teacher of the year, were motivated by personal experiences with loss to create the documentary. The program doesn’t seek to hand down answers; rather, it provides questions for people to consider while discussing end-of-life issues.
For more about the documentary, visit: www.considertheconversation.org.
If you go—
What: “Consider the Conversation: A documentary on a taboo subject”
Who: Documentary producers Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19
Where: UW-La Crosse Main Hall Auditorium.
Admission: Free, but tickets are required. Get tickets through the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8877.
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Producers to lead discussion on ‘Consider the Conversation’
End-of-life issues. It’s a conversation most people don’t want to have. It causes even more stress when families are under the most stressful time of their lives.
A UW-La Crosse communication professor hopes to start changing that among students in his persuasive campaigns classes — and others.
Associate Professor Mike Tollefson persuaded the producers of “Consider the Conversation: A documentary on a taboo subject” to come to La Crosse to discuss their film about meaningful dialogue about end-of-life issues. The program is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Main Hall Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Get tickets through the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8877.
Following the 60-minute documentary, producers Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal will lead a panel discussion on end-of-life. They’ll be joined by Bud Hammes, Gundersen Lutheran; Pastor Barbara Kopperud, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church; Nickijo Hager, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Dr. Michael Brennan, UW-L Sociology Department.
“Consider the Conversation” is billed as a powerful and inspiring film on the American struggle with communication and preparation for the end of life. The two long-time friends, Bernhagen, a veteran hospice educator, and Kaldhusdal, a state teacher of the year, were motivated by personal experiences with loss to create the documentary. The program doesn’t seek to hand down answers; rather, it provides questions for people to consider while discussing end-of-life issues.
For more about the documentary, visit: www.considertheconversation.org.
If you go—
What: “Consider the Conversation: A documentary on a taboo subject”
Who: Documentary producers Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19
Where: UW-La Crosse Main Hall Auditorium.
Admission: Free, but tickets are required. Get tickets through the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8877.