Beyond The Veil Doula Collective
A Circle for Griefwalkers: Community, Education, and Sacred Support
Our Mission
As a collective serving in the end-of-life space, BVDC fulfills multiple roles: community support group, online content hub, referral directory, and community organizer. Our guiding principle is to bridge gaps within death and dying communities, foster meaningful relationships, and cultivate brave spaces for open dialogue around mortality and death care.
We are committed to offering both group and one-on-one peer support, organizing regular gatherings, increasing death literacy, and providing community education. Through decentralized access to doulas locally and globally, we aim to give back to our communities and amplify each member’s practice.
We uphold the values of inclusivity and comprehensive care. We support individuals and families of all identities, cultures, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. Our vision is to bridge the realms of healthcare, death care, and grief support, ensuring consistent, communication-centered service. Above all, we believe every person deserves dignity and agency at the end of life.
Our mission is to bring together the various facets of death care, providing ease, trust, and peace of mind to those we serve.
“I make a prayer now to your old ones,
to those whose face you never saw
and voice you never heard
and name you haven’t known,
that they remember you
while you try to find them remembering you,
that they come at the proper time to gather you in,
that they whisper to you the truth that you haven’t been alone, and won’t be,
that they know the hard friendship of the ending of days;
I make a prayer that all who were there at your making
will be there for your gathering in,
that their hands will be there just by your opening head,
your little fountain,
to make a home for your sorrowing heart and for you;
I make a prayer that your house and your people
will be blessed by your coming and your going,
that the day will come
when they will boast of for a while having known you,
and will marvel at the way of your going out from among them,
and that you might be reason enough for them to continue for a while,
and that in the days to come
you will be claimed as noble,
as an ancestor worth coming from.”
— Stephen Jenkinson
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