About the Association

Our Origin

The Association was founded by a small group of former ghosts who had, independently and without coordination, resolved their unfinished business and found themselves in similar situations: grateful to be done, uncertain what done meant, and without community.

They had each spent years — in some cases, decades — in active post-mortem engagement with a specific location, relationship, or moment. The resolution, when it came, was what they had worked toward. The aftermath was not something any of them had planned for.

The founding members began meeting informally. The meetings became a structure. The structure became the Association. We have been operating in our current form since our second year, when we realized the informal meetings had become something that needed a name.

Our Approach

We do not have a position on what counts as "resolution." Members come from diverse traditions, circumstances, and timelines. Some resolved through direct communication with the living. Some resolved through witnessing. Some resolved through the passage of enough time that the original tether simply released. We do not adjudicate these differences. We recognize resolution when a member presents it.

We are not a therapeutic organization, though many of our programs have therapeutic dimensions. We are a professional association and peer community. The distinction matters to us and, we have found, to our members.

Governance

The Association is governed by a Board of seven members, elected annually by the membership. Board members serve two-year terms, staggered. The Executive Director position has been held by the same individual since the Association's founding. They have asked us not to specify which founding year.

We publish annual reports. We maintain a code of conduct. We have bylaws, which are available to members on request. We have never needed to invoke the enforcement provisions of the bylaws. We note this with something approaching pride.