The IC Grief Retreat for current students will be held Saturday, March 5 from 12-6pm and Sunday, March 6 from 9am to Noon on campus in Muller Chapel. This event is open to all students, and there is no fee to attend! Meals are provided throughout the course of the retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to help students who have experienced a death loss.
Join a cohort of your peers for an immersive exploration of your own grief while you simultaneously provide needed peer support for others. In this 1.5 day retreat students will:
- Meet other students who have experienced a death loss and have an opportunity to share as much about their story as they feel comfortable.
- Get support and learn about how to support one another after any significant loss through validation and normalization of feelings.
- Learn about resources available on and off campus to support grievers.
- Share opportunities to socialize with others with similar experiences on campus.
This retreat will be facilitated by Mandi Zucker, the Founder and CEO of Inner Harbor. With over 20 years in the field of death, dying and bereavement, she is committed to making sure that all students go to college prepared to deal with the grief that comes with all kinds of losses, from moving away from home to previous deaths and the grief that evolves from losses experienced in college. Ms. Zucker is an experienced presenter, trainer, grief support group facilitator and host of There Mourning Meeting Podcast. Ms. Zucker earned her BA in Child Development and Care from the University of Pittsburgh and her master’s degree in social work from New York University. She is a Lead Responder for the Traumatic Loss Coalition in New Jersey and serves on the Board of Trustees at Jewish Family Services of Central New Jersey. Ms. Zucker has also earned a certificate in thanatology, the study of death and dying, as well as a certificate in Grief Recovery.
