Marhaban! Welcome to the Minneapolis Arabic Language & Arab Culture Social Network! Are you wanting to practice your Arabic? How about just meeting up with others in your area who are also interested in the Arabic language and Arab culture? Let's practice your Arabic language skills and share your experiences in future events and activites. You don't have to worry about your language skills. This group is open to all ages and levels of proficiency! I'm looking forward to meeting up with you soon …

Do you believe every human life is precious? Meet other Twin Citians who believe human rights are essential and want to work with Amnesty International to protect and promote human rights! AI is the largest grassroots organization in the world and they know how to make it easy for anyone to do something that, in concert, with the millions of other AI members brings about real change.  Also find us on facebook: Amnesty International Group 37 -Twin Cities

* Foodist, chef, traveler, adventurous eater, organic gardener, home canner, pickler, sausage maker, personal chef,  entertainer, recipe conjurer, enthusiastic culinary instructor, tradition vs. "trendy", loves to mingle and explore culture & cuisines .... peoples and places. I love to cook, eat and talk "food".... what other reason to start this group? What other reason to join? We all have something to learn from each other, to share, to explore and to discover .... isn't it so much more fun t …

Lots of people say they’d like to take a break from work. But precious few do. This group is for the doers and the dreamers. And anyone who’s caught in the work/life jungle and ready to hack a different path. if you've taken a sabbatical or a career break--or have entertained the notion--this group is for you! Let's get together now & then to share stories and plot adventures. We'll ponder the obstacles and the possibilities. And we'll talk about what it REALLY takes to let go of your "commitmen …

This is the meetup site for ANZAA MN - the Australian New Zealand American Association of Minnesota. The Australian New Zealand American Association of Minnesota has been bringing Australians, New Zealanders and Americans together in the Twin Cities area since 1972. Say G’day and join us for our Australia Day/Waitangi Day dinner celebration, wine & cheese tastings, picnics, Melbourne Cup, afternoon teas, concerts and many other social activities scheduled throughout the year. We’re a friendly b …

L.I is made up of people who are interested in physical security, such as bypassing locks, learning new techniques for opening difficult locks, and connecting people. We abide by the laws set down in each State or Providence (For our Canadian neighbors). Likewise we have our own code of ethics we adhere to. They're almost all common sense rules that you should always practice. You should never pick locks that you don't own, or that you don't have the owners explicit permission to pick. We enjoy …

Meditate Minneapolis is a community organization that brings meditation workshops and classes to the greater Minneapolis area. We aim to provide an atmosphere of peace and tolerance, welcoming a diverse population as meditation and Buddha's teachings can help all people regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, or religious tradition. By discovering inner peace through meditation and Buddha's teachings, we can have lasting peace and happiness and help others do the same. The group began as all …

Welcome to Electronically Bent MSP. Surprisingly, there is not a single Meet-up group for electronic music in the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area. That is one of the reasons that inspired me to create this group. This group is for everyone who likes electronic music and would like to meet like-minded people, discover/share electronic music and dance to electronic music. I feel some of the best electronic music that you may have heard and would love to dance to, will never get played in a club (in …

The Gopher Toastmasters Club is the right place for you. Public speaking requires practice, an education plan, and a supportive environment. Toastmasters is a great place to practice your speaking skills. Many of today's successful and respected leaders need to know how to communicate to others. By using your public speaking skills to effectively convey who you are and what you're about, you can expand your circle of influence while making a great impression and advance your career. We welcom …

This group is for everyone who loves chai, and would like to meet people from different cultures & background, share their life experience over a cup of chai, scrumptious snacks and good company. Some popular Chai spots in Uptown Minneapolis: Namaste Cafe Uncommon Ground What is Chai? Chai or Cha is merely a generic word for tea in South Asia and many other parts of the world. (Hindi: चाय cāy, Mandarin: 茶 Chá). Source: Wiki Specifically Chai is black tea and milk (sugar and spices are optional). …

HR (Health Realization) is a framework for understanding ourselves that proposed that each of us has an inherent, natural , and balanced mental state. That all we need to do to access it is to allow the chatter of our minds to fall away. Join us in a quite meditative space to practice accessing our own internal wisdom and sharing our path in doing so.

Ever hear about the Art Salon of Paris in the 1800's and New York in the early 1900's. Our artist friends agree that we need a place today to gather, discuss the arts, show current work and reflect on past artist's work. It is an experiment, testing to see whether the topics that intrigue us have meaning and significance beyond a select few, and seeking to create a time/space within which we can stir a lively, rigorous discussion about the state of art - local, national and international - yours …

This is a group for the academically-minded to get out of the lab/office/hospital and meet people from beyond the scope of their departments. Grad/med/law students, post-docs, interns, residents, or those in the early phases of their careers can enjoy getting together and taking a break from the world of peer-reviewed journal articles and coffee-fueled marathon workdays. We’ll start with some good old-fashioned happy hours and hopefully expand to other meetups from there. Looking forward to it!

Come dance with us! Come celebrate, explore and honor the body. For 90 minutes, we move freely to professionally deejayed music. There are no instructions. You follow your own sensations, impulses, curiosities. This is not a class. It is a practice. You practice listening to your body wisdom, following your internal impulses and surrendering to intuition. We believe that our bodies are miraculous organisms of vitality, health, wisdom & happiness. We dance to deepen our awareness, to develop trus …

We focus on helping members develop their public speaking and communications skills. Our location and membership is geared towards the needs of business professionals and executives. Metro SpeakEasy has: • Weekly meetings (except holidays, last 3 weeks in December and in July/August when we meet every other week), with most members attending twice a month. • Engaging array of professions represented: financial services, sales, marketing, business owners, architects, attorneys and mid mana …

The Frontier Division of District 6 Toastmasters covers roughly the metro area north of the Twin Cities. There are clubs in Roseville, Shoreview, Arden Hills, New Brighton and White Bear Lake, and the Division spills into the northern parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Toastmasters is the world's largest volunteer organization devoted to teaching public speaking and leadership. All Toastmasters meetings feature prepared speeches, evaluations and an exercisein imprmptu speaking called Table Topic …

Greetings and Salutations! This is a free and open society that was created for the specific purpose of discussing, exploring, and contemplating various issues, ideas, and concerns that relate to world government. We are not here to support any particular approach that can lead to a world government, but we assemble at each group meeting to discuss relevant issues that pertain to its hypothetical practice. Ideally, it is the aspiration of the society to bring together members of the general publ …

Despite our best intentions to create harmonious communication with others, when we're triggered or stimulated into feelings from the past, we need empathy ourselves. We practice giving this empathy to each other here and so begin internalizing an empathetic presence that begins to come online automatically. Come practice the principles of Non-Violent/Compassionate Communication with us and listening!

To celebrate the close of another successful year, we're holding a happy hour / networking event for Toastmasters in downtown Minneapolis. Did you know that there are over 600 Toastmasters in clubs in downtown Minneapolis? Chances are you pass many of them everyday, here's your opportunity to meet a few.