The administration has reversed the mandate and committed to keeping our community together on campus. This outcome confirms that institutional values carry real weight when we hold leadership accountable to them. We should remain attentive to how these policies evolve, but for now we can take comfort in this restoration …
July 29, 2021
Final supporters
We vehemently oppose and implore you to reconsider the Covid-19 vaccine mandate at Naropa. Since the long-term effects of these vaccines are unknown, many of us do not feel that there is enough information to give our informed consent. While we understand the bureaucratic pressures to follow suit with other institutions, it feels disappointing that we need to remind an institution such as ours that coercion does not mean consent. People have a variety of reasons for not wanting to or, being able to get vaccinated, all of which are protected rights in the state of Colorado (see medical exemptions and Senate Bill 163 for codified personal belief exemptions).
It is distressing and oppressing to hear that Naropa wants to segregate and divide our community by remanding people with valid vaccination exemptions (regardless of the reason) to online learning. For an institution that speaks so adamantly about inclusivity and acceptance, we ask you to honor your values, honor our humanity, and honor our freedom of choice when it comes to our bodies.
The undersigned here include those who personally will not be vaccinated, as well as, those who have been vaccinated and are in support of personal choice when it comes to this matter.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2021
64 Comments
This directly contradicts the spirit and heart of the core teachings and values Naropa. This is a massive failure of the institution to truly "embrace diversity and inclusivity" and as well compromising the recognition of the "inherent wisdom of each human being," this lack of compassion is deeply disturbing on all accounts.
I am a Naropa parent and I truly hope you will re-evaluate your decision to exclude unvaccinated people from campus. My son is relocating to Boulder for his second year of graduate classes and should not be segregated because of his choice not to vaccinate. It is possible to keep the Naropa community safe without mandating vaccines. I urge you to find a middle way.
No medical intervention should be mandatory. There is a dark history of forcing harmful medical procedures onto people from many different marginalized locations. Everyone should have a choice about the procedures done on their bodies. I am very saddened that an institution like Naropa is going down this path. Such a dangerous precedent.
This creates inequity for those not comfortable yet with the vaccine and a worse learning environment for all teachers and students with the hybrid option. I am vaccinated yet I support people's right to choose and feel safe being in a classroom with people who aren't vaccinated wearing masks because I am protected.
Considering joining naropa next year... this is an absolute no now! How can a school that teaches health and personal empowerment try force others into choices for their bodies!
I am supposed to start an M.A. in COunseling in August but am considering withdrawing because of the requirement to be online. Due to a compromised immune system I am unable to get vaccinated--the last time I got vaccinated (Dtap vaccine), I had a health crisis beginning the day of that lasted a year and a half. Naropa is going along with dominant narrative despite there being legitimacy and science demonstrating the questionable safety of this vaccine (even if the research has been censored to the point where it doesn't appear on the first 10 pages of google results).
Personally, I will not be receiving any experimental vaccines (experimental meaning not FDA approved- as all covid-19 shots are currently authorized under the EUA). I agree with this petition: as there have been no long term studies on these shots, I feel unable to give informed consent. I was hoping that Naropa would resist the pressure to encourage medical discrimination, and am devastated that the school is seemly making an exception to their inclusive values. It’s difficult for me to envision finishing my degree while navigating this discrimination and bias.
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The administration has reversed the mandate and committed to keeping our community together on campus. This outcome confirms that institutional values carry real weight when we hold leadership accountable to them. We should remain attentive to how these policies evolve, but for now we can take comfort in this restoration …
July 29, 2021
Final supporters
We vehemently oppose and implore you to reconsider the Covid-19 vaccine mandate at Naropa. Since the long-term effects of these vaccines are unknown, many of us do not feel that there is enough information to give our informed consent. While we understand the bureaucratic pressures to follow suit with other institutions, it feels disappointing that we need to remind an institution such as ours that coercion does not mean consent. People have a variety of reasons for not wanting to or, being able to get vaccinated, all of which are protected rights in the state of Colorado (see medical exemptions and Senate Bill 163 for codified personal belief exemptions).
It is distressing and oppressing to hear that Naropa wants to segregate and divide our community by remanding people with valid vaccination exemptions (regardless of the reason) to online learning. For an institution that speaks so adamantly about inclusivity and acceptance, we ask you to honor your values, honor our humanity, and honor our freedom of choice when it comes to our bodies.
The undersigned here include those who personally will not be vaccinated, as well as, those who have been vaccinated and are in support of personal choice when it comes to this matter.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2021
64 Comments
The vaccine mandate is causing me to lose my housing in the dorms. It’s not fair to make someone pick up and leave for a single semester and then expect us to come back.
This directly contradicts the spirit and heart of the core teachings and values Naropa. This is a massive failure of the institution to truly "embrace diversity and inclusivity" and as well compromising the recognition of the "inherent wisdom of each human being," this lack of compassion is deeply disturbing on all accounts.
I am a Naropa parent and I truly hope you will re-evaluate your decision to exclude unvaccinated people from campus. My son is relocating to Boulder for his second year of graduate classes and should not be segregated because of his choice not to vaccinate. It is possible to keep the Naropa community safe without mandating vaccines. I urge you to find a middle way.
No medical intervention should be mandatory. There is a dark history of forcing harmful medical procedures onto people from many different marginalized locations. Everyone should have a choice about the procedures done on their bodies. I am very saddened that an institution like Naropa is going down this path. Such a dangerous precedent.
This creates inequity for those not comfortable yet with the vaccine and a worse learning environment for all teachers and students with the hybrid option. I am vaccinated yet I support people's right to choose and feel safe being in a classroom with people who aren't vaccinated wearing masks because I am protected.
Considering joining naropa next year... this is an absolute no now! How can a school that teaches health and personal empowerment try force others into choices for their bodies!
I am supposed to start an M.A. in COunseling in August but am considering withdrawing because of the requirement to be online. Due to a compromised immune system I am unable to get vaccinated--the last time I got vaccinated (Dtap vaccine), I had a health crisis beginning the day of that lasted a year and a half. Naropa is going along with dominant narrative despite there being legitimacy and science demonstrating the questionable safety of this vaccine (even if the research has been censored to the point where it doesn't appear on the first 10 pages of google results).
Personally, I will not be receiving any experimental vaccines (experimental meaning not FDA approved- as all covid-19 shots are currently authorized under the EUA). I agree with this petition: as there have been no long term studies on these shots, I feel unable to give informed consent. I was hoping that Naropa would resist the pressure to encourage medical discrimination, and am devastated that the school is seemly making an exception to their inclusive values. It’s difficult for me to envision finishing my degree while navigating this discrimination and bias.
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The vaccine mandate is causing me to lose my housing in the dorms. It’s not fair to make someone pick up and leave for a single semester and then expect us to come back.