# Event Details - **Event Name**: Unlikely Collaborators Spark Salon with Brennan Wood & Donna L. Schuurman - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: What Loss and Grief Teaches Us About Life with Brennan Wood & Donna L. Schuurman, EdD, FTAbout this EventWhat Loss and Grief Teaches Us About Life with Brennan Wood & Donna L. Schuurman, EdD, FTGrief transforms how we see the world, shaping identity, meaning, and connection in profound ways for all of us, and especially for children and teens. In this Spark Salon, Brennan Wood, Executive Director of Dougy Center, and Dr. Donna Schuurman, Senior Director of Advocacy & Education and Executive Director Emeritus, invite us into the often-invisible narratives of kids who are grieving: how they make sense of loss, what they internalize, and the stories they carry forward. Together, they will explore the power of witnessing grief, in ourselves and others, without trying to fix it. How presence itself can be healing, and what it means to be truly “grief-informed.” Drawing from personal experience and decades of leadership in the field, Brennan and Donna will share practical reflections and hard-earned wisdom on how grief, when named and honored, can expand our understanding of resilience, empathy, and the human experience.In person attendees will receive a complimentary book.6:00pm: Doors open, reception7:00pm: Program begins promptly8:00pm: Book signing & receptionWood is the author of A Kids Book About GriefSchuurman is the author of Never the Same, and The Dougy Center ModelFind them at your favorite book retailer. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/2df93f10-9e35-11f0-ace1-efa507b012ad-rimg-w740-h740-dc2f748a-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/2e674320-9e35-11f0-a8a2-a38a456a1b40-rimg-w498-h740-dcf1f3ec-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/2eddf9c0-9e35-11f0-9488-c5bafeb22235-rimg-w740-h740-dcbce3e8-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/santa-monica/unlikely-collaborators-spark-salon-with-brennan-wood-and-donna-l-schuurman/100001755349520669 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Santa Monica - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: 1520 2nd St - **lat**: 34.0129862 - **long**: -118.4952006 - **full address**: 1520 2nd St, 1520 2nd Street, Santa Monica, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Unlikely Collaborators Spark Salon with Brennan Wood & Donna L. 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