Anti-Racism Team
Anti-Racism Team - 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.
The TOCAR effort at NDSU is associated with the Diversity Council and several members of the NDSU anti-racism team are also members of the Council (*). The team members are:
*Gene Berry, Associate Professor, Vet & Micro
Josh Boschee, graduate student
Tom Carlson, Assistant Professor, Child Development and Family Science
*Malika Carter, Assistant Director, Multicultural Student Services
Christine Chapweske, Receptionist, Alumni Center
Tegan Henke, graduate student
Sonia Hohnadel, Communications Coordinator, Tri-College
*Eveadean Myers, Executive Director, Chief Diversity Officer
Norma Kiser-Larson, Assistant Professor, Nursing
*Rhonda Kitch, Asst. Registrar, Registration and Records
*Allyn Kostecki, Director, TRIO
William Nganje, Associate Professor, Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Laura Oster-Aaland, Director of Student Orientation and Success
Jeanne Corbett, TOCAR graduate assistant
Larry Peterson, Professor and Chair, History
*Kara Stack, Assistant Director for Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Bernadette Tiapone, graduate student
Gary Totten, Assistant Professor, English
Cheryl Troxel, Graduate Student
*Jaclynn Davis Wallette, Director of Multicultural Student Services