Student Government (SUN)

Student Life Programming Council (SLP)
Purpose: Creates, sponsors and implements social, educational, diversity activism programming; oversee student spaces
Meeting: weekly on Mondays from 1-3 in the SUN Office
Activities: Dances, coffeehouses, Celebrations of Diversity (COD), student groups and more.
Contact: sunofficers@naropa.edu

United Naropa (UN)
Purpose: Representation from academic departments, building relationships with staff, faculty & students from departments, build community, increase inter & intradepartmental communication, and create support and action items to address concerns, community and activities!
Meeting: Thursdays from 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Contact info: sunofficers@naropa.edu
Meeting Minutes: Minutes from UN Meetings

AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Mission: To provide informal meeting that serves as a source of Naropa support on-campus for recovering and recovered alcoholics.
Meeting: Weekly, Wednesdays, 12–1 p.m.
Contact: mswaya@students.naropa.edu

Allies in Action
Mission: Organizes anti-oppression trainings and workshops; Serves as a campus resource to underrepresented groups; Fosters dialogue around issues of oppression.
Meeting: Weekly at El Centro de la Gente.
Contact: jesseee34@yahoo.com

Art and Enlightenment Sangha
Mission: Alternate periods of meditation with performances from members of the group that have some art to share. The intention is to remain in the meditative state of aliveness and receptivity even during the performances.
Meeting: Saturday’s at 3:00pm in the Shambhala Hall
Contact: aarond@students.naropa.edu

Community Kitchen
Mission: Bring like-minded activists together to discuss issues around food.
Meeting: Monthly
Contact: teakarsner@students.naropa.edu

The Coalition of Student Publications
Mission: To support the many student-run publications at Naropa University by providing funds for production materials, and for fundraising venues in the community.
Contact: tkafka@students.naropa.edu

The Cult of Vimilakirti
Mission:  Gathering to study, appreciate and occasionally orate the most audacious and irreverent sutra in the Pali canon.
Upcoming Events: The annual semester all-night Sutra reading.
Meeting: Biweekly on Fridays at either 5:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m.
Contact: wcultofvimilakirti@gmail.com

The Dharma Clowns
Mission: To clown and includes, but is not limited to, the practice of juggling, tumbling and yes, even balancing things on your face.
Meeting: Sundays at 4 p.m. in Shambhala Hall
Contact: abbeypleviak@gmail.com

Doing Gender
Mission: Promote awareness around flexible sexual identities; promoting gender diversity through activism.
Meeting: Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in El Centro.
Contact: omshantidana@yahoo.com

Expressions Naropa Dance Group
Mission: To create a space of healing and self exploration; through dance, improvisation, chorography, performing, and exploring ourselves as dancers and performers.
Meeting: Friday’s 5:30-7pm in the Student Center
Contact:sublimedivine5@aol.com

Gender Discussion Group
Mission: Create a safe space for expression and discussion, to recognize abuse in all its forms, and to carry our dialog and expression out into community action.
Meeting: Bi-weekly on Thursdays from 6–8:30 p.m. in El Centro
Contact: ezisette@students.naropa.edu

Hanta Yo: Drug and Alcohol Support Group
Mission: Council-like peer-based substance abuse/addiction support group.
Meeting: Thursdays at 5 PM Upaya North
Contact:dpyle@students.naropa.edu

Improvisational Movement and Music
Mission: Dance and movement to classical music.
Meeting: Bi-monthly, Fridays at 5:30 p.m. in PAC
Contact: bachaudhary@students.naropa.edu

Inner Mission
Mission: To promote awareness and understanding of hip-hop, drum and bass, electronic music and DJ culture -- we strive for the realization of a global culture that recognizes the unifying potential of music, dance, and artistic expression.
Events: Monthly collaborative / dance event in Goldfarb
Contact: innermission.music@gmail.com or akivas@naropa.net
Myspace: www.myspace.com/inner_mission

International Students Club
Mission: To facilitating a time place for international students to get together.
Contact: Sgolonka@students.naropa.edu

Mudra Group
Mission: To offer instruction and practice space for students interested in learning and practicing Mudra Space Awareness, a meditative practice founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche that combines mindfulness awareness practice, movement, and performance.
Meeting: Wednesdays 6:30-8:30
Contact: jillrcohen@gmail.com

Naropa Buddhist Coalition for Bodhisattvic Activity
Mission: Service-learning.
Meeting: Monthly
Contact: jurchek@students.naropa.edu

Naropa Capoeira Club
Mission: To develop self-awareness, self-control and joy through the medium of dance, martial arts and music.
Meeting: Sundays from 3–4:30 p.m. in Goldfarb studio.
Contact: Boulderfalcon@gmail.com

The Naropa Chado (Japanese Tea Ceremony club)
Mission: Provides opportunities for Naropians to experience a contemplative tea practice, exemplified by our weekly “open hearth” when anyone can stop by for a bowl of tea.
Meeting: Mondays from 3-6pm at the Naropa Tea House (near the bike shack)
Contact: tristan@sharpestblue.com

Naropa Gaming Club
Purpose: The Naropa Gaming Club will allow and encourage opportunities to exercise the mind through concentrated and complex modes of competition.  The first game being offered will be chess, as our numbers become consistent we will offer more gaming opportunities.
Meeting: Wednesday’s 5:00 p.m. Student Center
Contact: jiacutone@students.naropa.edu, syoho@students.naropa.edu

Naropa Healers
Mission: To come together weekly as a group to offer healing to each other and to members of the community.
Meeting: Wednesdays from 3:30–5:30 p.m., and Fridays from 1:30–3:30 p.m., currently outside on the green.
Contact: jurchek@students.naropa.edu or aaron.guman@gmail.com

Naropa Laughter Club
Mission: To live life laughing.
Meeting: Thursdays from 6–7 p.m. in Goldfarb studio
Contact: brett_parrish@yahoo.com


Naropa Hunters and Gatherers
Mission: To provide information, resources and community to those interested in learning how to hunt and/or gather wild foods.
Meeting: Wednesday afternoons twice a month various places
Contact:jpatterson@studnets.naropa.edu


Naropa Sangha
Mission: The Naropa Sangha seeks to create a non-sectarian Buddhist practice community that will encourage and help solidify the path of awakening in all the members.
Meeting: The first and third Tuesday of each month 6–8 p.m.; Arapahoe Shrine Room
Contact: aricparker@gmail.com

Naropa Sports
Mission: To prove that Naropians know the definition of athletics.
Meeting: Sundays at 1 p.m., and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., ready to play.
Contact: philbattos@students.naropa.edu

Naropa Snow Rides
Mission: To bring Naropa students together and to provide equipment, lift tickets and transportation.
Contacts: cgreenwald@students.naropa.edu

Naropa Tibetan Debate Club
Mission: Exercising the practice of debate in Tibetan style.
Meeting: Thursdays from 5–6:20 p.m. at the Nalanda Campus.
Contact: mswaya@students.naropa.edu

Naropa Yoga Laughter Club
Mission: To live life laughing.
Meeting: Thursdays from 6–7 p.m.in the Student Center
Contact: brett_parrish@yahoo.com


Out of the Fire      
Mission: To give students the tools and inspiration they need to put their dreams into action.
Meeting: every other Wednesday at 1 p.m.; Lincoln 4140
Contact: tjones@students.naropa.edu

People Like US       
Mission: Creating community and positive change around gender and sexuality issues through outreach, programming of social events, discussion groups and peer mentoring. People Like Us is an open group and created by the LGBTQ students at Naropa University.
Meeting: Thursday’s El Centro
Contact: twilder@naropa.edu


Reconnecting on Outer Terrain (RooT)
Mission: ROOT embraces the reawakening of the soul in relationship to its world. It aims to heal the disconnect of human and nature and invites its leaders and participants to literally remember their ROOTs.
Contacts: tcrespi@naropa.edu
Website: http://naropa.edu/campuslife/root.cfm or stop by the office in the basement of Lincoln.

Soul Dancing, Singing and Healing Group
Mission: Our mission is to foster love, peace and harmony within the Naropa community.  We aim to enhance the lives of students’ at the level of soul, mind and body through soul singing and soul dancing and through offering soul blessings.
Meeting: Sunday 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.in LSR
Contact: tcrespi@naropa.edu

Students for Peace and Justice
Mission: To spread peace and justice. To end inequality non-violently.
Meeting: Weekly Wednesdays from 6–8 p.m. (Burnt Toast)
Contact: expatriate16@gmail.com

Students of Color     
Mission: To advocate for and support the universities mission to recruit and retain students of color as well as provide support system for students ongoing university experience.
Meeting: Every two weeks El Centro
Contact: mvillareal@students.naropa.edu

Subtle Activism Group
Mission: Subtle Activism means engaging in spiritual practices for collective healing and transformation of our world. Working on a subtle level, it a very effective way to ease suffering, support social and political change, and ultimately help to birth a new global consciousness.
Meeting: Thursday’s 7:18 p.m. Upaya Cottage South
Contact: cwaetjen@gmx.de

Transition Naropa
Mission: Transition Naropa is an inclusive, University-wide movement for greater sustainability and self-reliance at Naropa.
Contact: transitionnaropa@gmail.com
Website: http://transitioncolorado.ning.com/group/transitionuniversitynaropa

Transpersonal Dream Group        
Meeting: Mondays 12:30–1:30 p.m.; Kashanti Room, Paramita Campus
Contact: Jordan.quaglia@gmail.com

What is woman/Womyn?
Mission: To create a safe space in which to celebrate and empower our experiences as engendered human beings!
Meeting: Weekly on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Snow Lion
Contact: Omshantidana@yahoo.com

Women in Buddhism: Sakyadhita
Mission: Discussion, activities and activism around women in Buddhism.
Meeting: Bi-monthly, Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
Contact: omshantidana@yahoo.com