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TRAINING OUR CAMPUSES AGAINST RACISM
(TOCAR)
Background
TOCAR evolved out of the
community-wide study circle process that took place in the Spring of
2001 in response to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report,
"The Status of Equal Opportunity for Minorities in Moorhead,
Minnesota." From
the study circle process emerged Citizen Action Teams, one of which
focused on Higher Education. This
Higher Education Team decided that its focus would be the
development of a multi-campus anti-racism initiative and one of its
student members named this initiative TOCAR. The team, now the TOCAR Collaborative, consists of faculty,
student, and staff representatives from Minnesota State University
Moorhead, Concordia College, North Dakota State University and
Northwest Technical College.
Mission
Statement
TOCAR seeks to enhance campus
climate and promote equal opportunity by 1) advancing multicultural
understanding and competence and 2) confronting ethnic/racial
prejudice and discrimination and institutional racism.
Goal:
To dismantle institutional racism and make our colleges and
universities multicultural/anti-racist organizations through an
intentional process of personal and institutional reflection and
actions.
Summary
of TOCAR Work Plan --
Year 1
Phase I:
1. Recruit campus representatives to TOCAR Collaborative and
build campus support for the Collaborative (Summer/Fall 2001)
2. Acquire administrative sanction of and resources for TOCAR
(Summer/Fall 2001)
3. Schedule and implement introductory-level (Level 1)
anti-racism trainings on each campus (By April 2002)
4. TOCAR Collaborative -- members only -- introductory-level
anti-racism training. (10-12
TOCAR Collaborative members from each campus.
November 15-16)
Phase
II: Development
of campus-specific multicultural/anti-racism teams (Spring 2002)
Phase
III: Institutional racism
training (Level 2) for multicultural/anti-racism teams from all four
campuses (May or June 2002)
Phase
IV: Development
of campus-specific multicultural/anti-racism plans (Summer, Fall
2002)
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