SCRIPTed- a community collaborative on death & dying
SCRIPTed & The Cleveland Collective
SCRIPTed is a community-based nonprofit built on the idea that end-of-life planning should be intentional, collaborative, and accessible. The name stands for Support, Community, Resources, Intention, Partners, and Transition— essential elements for writing a more thoughtful final chapter. Through tools like Journey Books™ and C.U.E. Cards™, SCRIPTed invites people to take authorship of their own story, while connecting with resources and allies and other who can help bring that story to life.
The Cleveland Collective is an extension of that mission. It’s a local gathering of creatives, caregivers, and community members who want to explore death and dying in ways that are personal, affirming, and real. Together, SCRIPTed and the Collective create space for conversation, connection, and collaboration—so no one has to write the last chapter alone.
This isn’t just my project. It’s yours, too.
SCRIPTed was built by (and for) those who long for something more than a "cookie cutter" funeral, and the allies that feel called to support their vision for a more creative and meaningful end-of-life experience.
Not sure where you fit?
Take a tour of our wide range of categories. Each one explores a different part of the end-of-life story.
You might find yourself drawn to:
- Healing & Nature-Based (for the forest-walkers, gardeners, and plant witches)
- Ceremony & Legacy (for the ritual-makers, memory-keepers, and tribute creators)
- Performance & Play (for the theater kids, drag stars, and cosplay legends)
- Emotional & Relational Support (for the space-holders, empaths, and midnight phone-call friends)
- Intention & Planning (for the visionaries, list-makers, and ones who love a good binder)
- Crafters & Makers of Farewell (for the carpenters and woodworkers, sewists of shrouds, and leather artisans — you who make the invisible visible, and the final resting place a work of love)
No matter what you bring — your hands, your voice, your presence — there's a place for you here. Just click on the "Contact Us" button on the bottom of any page!
We welcome our new friends from Journey's End networking group!
To see how you could fit in with SCRIPTed, feel free to browse our Categories or use the Search feature to plug in your specialty. We are sure you'll find a home here (Doulas are under Intention & Planning). If you need help figuring out how you fit into our ally program, please reach out using our contact form.
Allies will be added to our Resources/Community page, so we'd love to add you to our list!
DEDICATION
I gotta admit, when I started working on this page, I got really choked up.
Creating this inclusive, end-of-life planning space has been a dream of mine for a long time.
I'm doing it, Cass.
It's showtime.
L.
This page is for all of the ones we lost too soon --
the storytellers, the weirdos, the quiet ones, the bright ones,
the ones who never quite fit but made the rest of us feel seen.
We carry you in every lyric, every laugh, every act of remembering.
This is for you, my friends.