COPE embraces the World Health Organization of health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

Community is critical to our overall wellbeing. The decline of connectedness is a widespread problem affecting our mental and physical health.

Change happens not just because we know something, but because something about how we feel has shifted. That is why Peer Advocacy is the core of COPE's public policy work.