Harmony for Humanity: Fusing Art and Advocacy on September 24th at 5-8 PM in the Elliott Student Union in Ballroom 240. SPA focuses on educating and empowering students to participate in politics and social justice in their communities.
Harmony for Humanity is not an explicitly political event but social justice themes are welcome and will be present. At Harmony for Humanity, there will be an art gallery, a live music program, and fashion; all created by students!
Alongside the art portion of the event, we will have a ‘Mutual Aid Area’ of community resources.
Cos4Hope @ Criminal Justice Alumni Showcase
Every fall, UCM criminal justice students have the opportunity to network with criminal justice alum and their organizations at the Alumni Showcase
Our Hope is that families will Learn, Explore, & Laugh.
This event is to serve as a Learning Space for the community, through the partnership of UCM, WMMC and the Warrensburg R-IV School District.
Cos4Hope is honored to return to the KC Collector's Expo!
Visit our table to learn how you can help inspire hope for mental wellness and suicide prevention!
Our Hope is that families will Learn, Explore, & Laugh.
Cos4Hope @ the Healthy Connections Fair in the UCM Elliott Student Union across from Starbucks!
Cos4Hope is honored to return to the KC Collector's Expo!
Visit our table to learn how you can help inspire hope for mental wellness and suicide prevention!
Burg Fest is Downtown Warrensburg’s 11th annual two-day street fair brought to the community by Warrensburg Main Street every first full weekend in October.
Our family-filled, pet-friendly, community event includes live music, entertainment, children’s activities, a classic car show, beer gardens, artisan, craft, and informational booths, and tons of food options.
Cos4Hope @ the 2nd Annual ICU Unconference
Sunday, September 8, is the first annual 988 Day.
Spread awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in your community. When you call, text, or chat 988, there is no judgment, just help.
Reach out 24/7 for free, confidential support.
#988Day #988Missouri #SuicidePreventionMonth
The Saturday before Thanksgiving is reserved for those who have lost a loved one (friends and/or family) to suicide, and to be able to acknowledge those loved ones, by name, as the holiday season approaches.
Since November 2018, Cos4Hope has joined forces with fellow fandoms to pay tribute to those who lost their life to suicide. A fellowship known as Lightsabers, Lanterns, & Lumos illuminates International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.
A call to arms beckons all attendees to bring forth their magical instruments of light, from the gleaming swords of the Jedi to the illuminated orbs of the Pokémon masters, swords of light, lanterns, glowing wands, sonic screwdrivers, and tesseracts illuminate the night sky, all casting spells of remembrance.
Words of Hope from fandom echo through the gathering, lifting our spirits and soothing our souls. Names of those lost to suicide are read aloud, followed by a prop lighting.
As each lighted prop glimmers, we are reminded of those who have left us and the memories they left behind. As the lights dim, we bid farewell to those who have departed, yet their light lingers on, shining bright in the hearts of those who remain.
We encourage participants to submit photos in cosplay, if they choose, and submit a second photo (or short video) of them with a light-up prop in honor of their loved one's memory.
This is a FREE event.
Lightsabers, lanterns, lighted wands, sonic screwdrivers, rings, gaming controllers, or other light-up props to use for our vigil.
PLEASE NO OPEN FLAMES
Please register by clicking the "Find Tickets" button, be sure to add the name(s) of your loved one(s) to be read, and we hope you look to join us for this time together of remembrance.
Hope 4 the Holidays
Sunday, September 8, is the first annual 988 Day.
Spread awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in your community. When you call, text, or chat 988, there is no judgment, just help.
Reach out 24/7 for free, confidential support.
#988Day #988Missouri #SuicidePreventionMonth
Hope is Here.
Attend HopeCon to Support mental wellness.
Attend HopeCon in Honor of a beloved life lost to suicide.
Cos4Hope believes that a bit of geek exists in everyone and that every person can be a Hero in their own way. HopeCon + Walk is a convention-esque event and walk to inspire Hope for suicide loss survivors, people with lived experience, and their families and friends.
The Cos4Hope HopeCon+Walk is a gathering to Inspire Hope for those whose lives have been touched by suicide and mental health.
HopeCon + Walk features Bake Sales, Cars from Fandoms, Cosmunity, Cosplayers, Exhibitors, Photo Booths, Photo Ops, Raffles, Silent Auctions, Special Guests, Support, & More Family Friendly Fun!
Donations are accepted online and in person.
All funds raised are tax deductible, remain local, and directly support Cos4Hope’s mission, programs, & activities.
Sunday, September 8, is the first annual 988 Day.
Spread awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in your community. When you call, text, or chat 988, there is no judgment, just help.
Reach out 24/7 for free, confidential support.
#988Day #988Missouri #SuicidePreventionMonth
Prior Cos4Hope Events
Join our EPIC Committee for our last Coffee with a Cause for the 23-24 fiscal year!
Each month we will learn about an organization and how you can get involved. This month we will be featuring Cos4Hope. Come out and learn how you can get involved with your community!
After our EPIC coffee, stick around for a little bit to celebrate the Chamber's 70th birthday starting at 9am! There will be fun photo opportunities and lots of yummy treats.
EPIC (Emerging Professionals Improving Connections) hosts networking events to strengthen communication and leadership skills, support community involvement, and develop professional relations through networking and collaboration.
Join our EPIC Committee for our last Coffee with a Cause for the 23-24 fiscal year!
Each month we will learn about an organization and how you can get involved. This month we will be featuring Cos4Hope. Come out and learn how you can get involved with your community!
After our EPIC coffee, stick around for a little bit to celebrate the Chamber's 70th birthday starting at 9am! There will be fun photo opportunities and lots of yummy treats.
EPIC (Emerging Professionals Improving Connections) hosts networking events to strengthen communication and leadership skills, support community involvement, and develop professional relations through networking and collaboration.
UCM ~ Saturday, Sept 7, 2024
9:45 am - 12:45 pm
Get the Red Out is an annual cooperative community event sponsored by UCM and the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce.
It's held on Holden Street in Warrensburg between South and Clark streets and takes place right before the first home football game of the season
Online ~ Sept 10, 2024
Join Cos4Hope for our 7th Annual always free, always online virtual lighting event!
For World Suicide Prevention Awareness & Action Day, Cos4Hope will be hosting this Facebook event to share your lighted prop in honor of someone who has been lost to suicide and even for someone who struggles (maybe even for yourself).
Let's light up Facebook, plus other social platforms, with our wands, lanterns, candles, tesseracts, lighted swords, orbs, infinity stones, gauntlets, lightsabers, sonic screwdrivers, game controllers, rings, etc., for mental health & suicide prevention. This will be happening all day long.
You can add a photo or short video of your lighting. Cosplay is always encouraged but never required.
*Please add your photo or video here. Let us know who you are lighting your prop for and if we can share it on our main page.
*When, or if, posting across social media, please use any of the following hashtags with it:
https://www.facebook.com/share/N4hCXmzqHW4ALfUw/
Cos4Hope @ the MO Cares Resource Fair
Sunday, September 8, is the first annual 988 Day.
Spread awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in your community. When you call, text, or chat 988, there is no judgment, just help.
Reach out 24/7 for free, confidential support.
#988Day #988Missouri #SuicidePreventionMonth
Sunday, September 8, is the first annual 988 Day.
Spread awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in your community. When you call, text, or chat 988, there is no judgment, just help.
Reach out 24/7 for free, confidential support.
#988Day #988Missouri #SuicidePreventionMonth
🚨 DETAILS COMING SOON 🚨
We are super excited about this event! 👀 Something we have never done before! Be on the lookout!
Event by Altered Visions Tattoo & Piercing Studio and Cos4Hope!
Survival's Annual Ghouls Night Out
Helping Our Students
The Survival Adult Abuse Center, Inc. Annual Ghouls Night Out Fundraiser is coming up fast!
They will be out at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on October 20th from 5:30-8:30 PM. F
or $5 you will get one hay ride, a hot dog, chips, and a soda. Tickets for games are 5 for a $1.00 or 30 for $5.
They will have a haunted hay ride (with a special guest from the Headless Horseman himself) and a regular hayride as well.
Cos4Hope is excited to attend the interactive and educational Fair on overall healthy connections!
Burg Fest is Downtown Warrensburg’s 10th annual two-day street fair brought to the community by Warrensburg Main Street every first full weekend in October.
Our family-filled, pet-friendly, community event includes live music, entertainment, children’s activities, a classic car show, beer gardens, artisan, craft, and informational booths, and tons of food options.
Remembrance Vigil for Survivors of Suicide Loss. Directly preceding the vigil, we will host two guest speakers.
On Campus at the UCM Elliott Student Union, Room 101
Event Sponsored by the UCM Sociology & Social Work Programs & Cos4Hope.
Our Hope is that families will Learn, Explore, & Laugh.
This event is to serve as a Learning Space for the community, through the partnership of UCM, WMMC and the Warrensburg R-IV School District.
Joe and Heidi Custin are experts in the Mental Health field they will shed light on mental illness and their experience adjusting to life after loss to suicide.
On Campus at the UCM Elliott Student Union, Room 238
Event Sponsored by the UCM Sociology & Social Work Programs & Cos4Hope
Every fall, UCM criminal justice students have the opportunity to network with criminal justice alum and their organizations at the Alumni Showcase.
TBD, MO ~ Nov 18, 2023
This is a FREE event.
Lightsabers, lanterns, lighted wands, sonic screwdrivers, rings, gaming controllers, or other light up props to use for our vigil.
PLEASE NO OPEN FLAMES
Please register by clicking the "Find Tickets" button, be sure to add the name(s) of your loved one(s) to be read, and we hope you look to join us for this time together of remembrance.
Cos4Hope at PCCC
Kansas City, MO ~ March 8-10, 2024
Find your C4H team at PCKC!
University of Central Missouri ~ April 13, 2024
Cos4Hope believes that a bit of geek exists in everyone and that everyone is a Hero in their own way. HopeCon + Walk is a convention-esque event to inspire Hope for suicide loss survivors and people with lived experience.
HopeCon + Walk is a family friendly safe event to talk about mental wellness and suicide prevention. Together we can help our loved ones embrace the quirkiness that makes them who they are. We can remember a lost loved one and learn that we are not alone on our healing journey.
HopeCon will feature Cosplayers, Exhibitors, Photo Booths, Photo Ops, Resource Tables, $1 Raffles, Auctions, & more!
Registration is free and open to anyone who wants to make a difference as a volunteer, individual, team, or virtual participant!
Donations accepted online and in person!
~ Contributions are Tax Deductible ~
Contact Info: April Roller-Morris at april@Cos4Hope.org (She/Her) or 816-258-3502
Looking for Support or Resources?
Please visit the below links:
https://www.cos4hope.org/home/resources-support
https://www.cos4hope.org/home/national-organizations
#CosplayForACause #CosplayForHope #suicideprevention #bethevoice #mentalhealth #fandom #Hope #cosmunity #cosplay #youmatter #superhero
TBD, MO ~ Nov 2024
This is a FREE event.
Lightsabers, lanterns, lighted wands, sonic screwdrivers, rings, gaming controllers, or other light up props to use for our vigil.
PLEASE NO OPEN FLAMES
Please register by clicking the "Find Tickets" button, be sure to add the name(s) of your loved one(s) to be read, and we hope you look to join us for this time together of remembrance.
UCM ~ Saturday, Sept 9, 2023
9:45 am - 12:45 pm
Get the Red Out is an annual cooperative community event sponsored by UCM and the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce.
It's held on Holden Street in Warrensburg between South and Clark streets and takes place right before the first home football game of the season
Online ~ Sept 10, 2023
Join Cos4Hope for our 6th Annual always free, always online virtual lighting event!
For World Suicide Prevention Awareness & Action Day, Cos4Hope will be hosting this Facebook event to share your lighted prop in honor of someone who has been lost to suicide, and even for someone who struggles (maybe even for yourself).
Let's light up Facebook, plus other social platforms, with our wands, lanterns, candles, tesseracts, lighted swords, orbs, infinity stones, gauntlet, lightsabers, sonic screwdrivers, game controllers, rings, etc. for mental health & suicide prevention. This will be happening all day long.
Feel free to add a photo or short video of your lighting. Cosplay is always encouraged, but never required.
*Please add your photo or video here. Let us know who you are lighting your prop for, and let us know if we can share it on our main page.
*When, or if, posting across social media, please use any of the following hashtags with it:
The Cos4Hope team is excited to meet & tell the awesome MO Volunteer group about our mission to Inspire Hope for mental wellness and suicide prevention!
Helping Our Students
UCM Faculty and Staff, have you ever been concerned for a student's mental well being? Have you ever noticed a change in a student's behavior? Have you thought about warning signs or risk factors for depression or suicidality?
Have you wondered what your responsibilities as a UCM faculty/staff member are when you encounter a student who exhibits some of these warning signs? Are there protective factors?
We will host panel discussions to help faculty and staff learn how to best respond to students in crisis on September 6 from 3:30-4:30 and September 12 from 9:30-10:30. Both panel discussions are in Union 235 and both panel sessions will cover the same topics.
Panelists will include Dr .Ashley Gage, Professor Juanice Williams, Dr. Corey Bowman, and Dr. Jeanne Woon.
There will be the option of attending the panels virtually via YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/2zfX_Cs9oYM?feature=share
Sponsored by the UCM Sociology & Social Work Programs & Cos4Hope