{"id":12465,"date":"2017-08-22T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T22:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=12465"},"modified":"2021-02-23T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:32:06","slug":"funeral-service-club-last-responders-aims-educate-public-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/funeral-service-club-last-responders-aims-educate-public-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral Service Club Aims To Educate The Public About Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Responders, a student organization whose aim is to educate the public on dealing with death, is enjoying a revival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It now has almost 30 members after returning as a student organization last year at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/north\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">North Campus<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you talk about death, people are always afraid or they don\u2019t want to talk about it,\u201d said Chelsey White, \u00a0the organization\u2019s president. \u00a0\u201c[So] the purpose of the club is to get death out in a positive way.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To accomplish their goal, TLR plans a series of educational seminars and community service projects this year to showcase what the field of funeral services is all about. Some of the professionals the club hopes to invite include crime scene technicians and medical examiners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNobody thinks about death because no one wants to talk about it because it\u2019s [seen as] such a negative topic,\u201d said Brianna Gamboa, the club\u2019s president last year. \u201c[People] need to be educated on death that way when you are caught up in that moment, you know what to do.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The club works in conjunction with Miami Dade College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/funeral-service-program-thriving-at-mdc\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">funeral services program<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. It hopes to nurture the communities future embalmers. They work with priests, social workers, and psychologists to gain experience they need so they can deal with death in a dignified manner. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEmbalming is an art and a science,\u201d Gamboa said. \u201cYou get to learn the [tactics] of preserving and art. You have to be cognitive and make the person look decent enough to help that grieving family.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Club members say the funeral services field allows students the opportunity to serve the families of the dead and in many cases leave a lasting impression. But the career, they say, also leaves a positive mark on their lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis program has changed me for the better,\u201d said TLR treasurer Anthony Zanders. \u201cBefore this program I was shy. [I] never wanted to do public speaking, but now [that] I have broken that shell. [ I am willing to] speak publicly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that breaking down of walls is exactly what the club wants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are not afraid of a conversation. We are open,\u201d White said. \u201cCome talk to us; we are open people.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who want more information about the organization can send an email to <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:lastresponders2017@yahoo.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>lastresponders2017@yahoo.com<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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