The Jo Cox Foundation, a charity set up by her widower Brendan with money donated following her murder, has been concentrating on spreading her message of unity. But our family has not been broken. She said: "I think what it shows is that people have got a real appetite for something positive to bring people together".
More than 110,000 events are expected to be held across the United Kingdom this weekend as part of The Great Get Together, an initiative set up by Cox's family.
"If you think about things that hold us together, those really British values, whether it's values of equality or the way we all believe the fact the weather is terrible and we all like tea, these are more important than partisan politics and things that divide us".
"Also, as a community, it's important that we don't allow ourselves to be beaten by what's happened".
The former aid worker's family said they hoped people would join a celebration of Jo's life and ideals.
The mum-of-two was shot and stabbed by Thomas Mair on June 16 past year, on her way to a surgery in her West Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen.
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"The first emotion was shock, both numbing and shattering".
Mair was jailed for life after being convicted of her murder at the Old Bailey in November a year ago.
From June 16 to 18 June the event will bring communities together to celebrate being with friends, family and spending time outdoors - all the things that Mrs Cox loved.
"We hope these events give us all a moment - as my wife talked about in her maiden speech - to focus on the things we have in common". After the election and even more so after the horrific attacks in Manchester and London there is a huge ground swell of people who just want to focus on the things that unite us, who want to draw closer to their neighbours and communities.
Kim Leadbeater, Cox's sister, said the reaction to The Great Get Together was "amazing". I think people are sick of the narrative of hatred and division that neither represents who they are nor our country.
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