Everyone is welcome to come to Clyde's Cupboard in the Student Life Lounge to get free food and hygiene items! Please have your student ID card to check-in at the Student Life Front desk.  *Students may take up to 8 items each week. Don't forget to bring your reusable bag!Hosted by: Clyde's CupboardAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11262831

Tabling on campus to spread the word about our club and have conversations with people in passingHosted by: Turning Point USAAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11286114

New Era Colorado is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to mobilize young people to make local progress on the issues we care about, whether that's climate justice, economic justice, or democracy itself. Need to update your voter registration, register to vote, or want to get involved in our issue advocacy work, or just want to learn more about the organization? Come to our table!   For any questions and further information, please email silvia@neweracolorado.org   Sponsored by UCCS' QTPOC & Two-Spirit ClubHosted by: Queer Transgender People of Color and Two-SpiritAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11281752

Join the UCCS Peer Support Team in making cards for parents, grandparents, special family members, and those you are grateful for! Spread the love to your colleagues, family, and friends, and learn about the UCCS Peer Support program. All materials are provided. Led by Nicole Weis, LPC, LAC, Director of Community Training and Empowerment and Peer Support Program Coordinator. Bio: Nicole Weis is a 2016 graduate of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Master’s in Clinical Psychology program, with an emphasis in trauma. Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addiction Counselor. In her role at the Institute, Nicole provides Peer Support training to several organizations in Colorado, teaches the Trauma Training for Professionals online program, and manages the GRIT Coaching Program. Nicole is skilled in de-escalation and specializes in working with first responders and personal and community crises. The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, with financial support from the CU President’s Fund, launched CREATE in 2022 to foster community and lifetime resilience. FREE introductory artistic and wellness programming, resilience-based workshops and facilitated discussion/support groups are offered FREE to UCCS employees. We thank our local community artists and UCCS departments, staff and faculty who have contributed their time and expertise and remain dedicated to the CREATE initiative.                                                                                                             Hosted by: Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience - HealingAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11279056

Join the UCCS Peer Support Team in making cards for parents, grandparents, special family members, and those you are grateful for! Spread the love to your colleagues, family, and friends, and learn about the UCCS Peer Support program. All materials are provided. Led by Nicole Weis, LPC, LAC, Director of Community Training and Empowerment and Peer Support Program Coordinator. Bio: Nicole Weis is a 2016 graduate of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Master’s in Clinical Psychology program, with an emphasis in trauma. Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addiction Counselor. In her role at the Institute, Nicole provides Peer Support training to several organizations in Colorado, teaches the Trauma Training for Professionals online program, and manages the GRIT Coaching Program. Nicole is skilled in de-escalation and specializes in working with first responders and personal and community crises. The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, with financial support from the CU President’s Fund, launched CREATE in 2022 to foster community and lifetime resilience. FREE introductory artistic and wellness programming, resilience-based workshops and facilitated discussion/support groups are offered FREE to UCCS employees. We thank our local community artists and UCCS departments, staff and faculty who have contributed their time and expertise and remain dedicated to the CREATE initiative.                                                                                                             Hosted by: Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience - HealingAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11279055

In collaboration with the UCCS Kraemer Family Library & WEST, the bARTer Collective invites you to participate in a movement of empowerment, transparency, and connection.The bARTer Storytelling Collective will bring the beARTer truck to campus, park near El Pomar Plaza, and collect stories from people passing by. The collective will have story-collectors typing on TYPEWRITERS to collect stories according to a specific prompt, which will later be turned into story artifacts like postcards, digital postcards, and actual books.Join us on the El Pomar Plaza and share an experience that could lift someone else out of that place, that space where we all sometimes get stuck. Sharing this experience could lift you too!    The 2nd KFL May Storytelling Event: Story Swap Tuesday, May 6th 12:00 - 4:00PM EL Pomar PlazaHosted by: Kraemer Family LibraryAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11245707