Naropa Resource Festival

Twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring semester, Community Studies organizes a resource festival in collaboration with Student Affairs. These festivals are opportunities for students to connect with a variety of community resources and build relationships with people in the community around shared interests.

The Naropa Resource Festival is held during a Wednesday lunch hour so that all community members may participate, and in the past has included a barbeque, scavenger hunts, booths, art, music, snacks, dancing and drumming and dialogue circles. Our next Resource Festival will be held on the last Wednesday of January, the 28. Please come out and join us! (contact jurchek@students.naropa.edu for more information, or to secure a booth so you can present your cool group or project or business!)
           
Dialogue circles are opportunities to sit in community with one another and discuss at a deeper level about themes of shared interest. These circles are open to everyone and include students, staff, faculty and community members. The fall 2007 dialogue circles dealt with the following themes:

• Health care
• Elder care
• Education and youth services
• Environment
• Social justice
• Volunteer support

These are some of the community resources represented at recent fairs:

Buddist Coalition for Bodhisattva Activity: A local nonprofit dedicated to the connection, collaboration and sustanability of local volunteer organizations and local volunteers.

Nonprofit organizations in need of volunteers and/or interns

• Educational outreach organizations
• Environmental groups
• Gender and sexuality advocacy groups
• Hospice organizations
• Immigrant advocates groups
• Safe houses and shelters
• Social service agencies
• Spiritual development groups

Organizations offering wellness services

• Chiropractors
• Integrative Medical Clinics
• Meditation instructors
• Pharmacies
• Reiki/Spiritual healing practitioners
• Yoga instructors
• Local Banks
• Credit Unions

Student organizations

• Jungle Funk
• Naropa Pride Alliance
• ROOT
• SUN
• UN
• Gender Discussion Group
• Gender Action Committee
• Dharma Clowns
• Transition Naropa
• Voter Registration
• Naropa for Obama
• Inner Mission
• Students for Peace and Justice

Campus resources

• Chaplaincy
• Disability
• Diversity
• Financial Aid
• Meditation instructors

For more information regarding community resources and volunteer opportunities, please follow the link, stop by our office, or contact us.