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TOCAR Collaborative
April 8,
2003
NDSU
Minutes
Present: Jennifer Erickson, NDSU; Kevin Allen, Fergus Fall CC;
Claudia Simon, NTC; Howard Barlow, Bremer; Sandra Holbrook, NDSU;
Larry Peterson, NDSU; Kara Stack, NDSU; Johnathan Judd, Concordia;
Paul Boswell, NDSU; Brandon Richardson, NDSU; Amy Phillips, MSUM
Assignments are in bold.
I. Introductions -- Everyone
present introduced themselves.
II. Fall Meetings -- Wednesday
or Thursday afternoons seem to be the best options. Everyone
should check fall calendars and be prepared to report at the next
meeting (May 13) which day works best for them. Our fall
meeting calendar will be set at the May meeting.
III. May 13 meeting agenda --
The May 13 meeting will be primarily a celebration so the group
decided on the following:
+ Location -- since we want
to invite as many people as possible, Claudia will look into the
possibility of holding the meeting in the Commons area at NTC and
will contact Amy with confirmation. We had originally decided
on the YWCA, but the group felt that their facility may not be large
enough.
+ Time -- A short
Collaborative business meeting will take place from 4:30-5:00,
leaving the rest of the time, 5:00-7:00 for food and fun! The
business meeting agenda will include setting dates for fall
meetings, getting a Bremer grant budget update from Phyllis and, as
per Larry's suggestion, getting a report from each institution on
"promising practices" -- activities, etc., that have provided
valuable lessons on the work we're doing. Larry suggested that this
be a regular item on meeting agendas, maybe every other month. The
group agreed with this suggestion.
+ Food -- Amy
volunteered to look into the possibility of having some Sudanese
food catered for the meeting.
+ Music -- Johnathan
will bring a music system and some of his CDs. Everyone else is
welcome to also bring music (particularly if it's Barry Manilow,
Neil Diamond, or other such artists which Johnathan does not have….)
+ Games -- Paul and
Jennifer will put together a "mixed team Jeopardy" and Claudia and
Amy will work on charades.
+ Invitations -- Everyone
should invite as many people as possible, including team members,
organizational administrators, friends, and family! Please RSVP
with number of invitees to Amy by May 5 so she can notify the
caterers!!!
IV. Organizational Updates
+ NDSU
§
Sandy reported that the NDSU anti-racism
team has been doing trainings with the extension service.
§
Larry and two other NDSU individuals
attended a Level II MCARI training in the cities this past weekend.
§
Larry distributed a bibliography and local
census data to everyone.
§
The NDSU team is developing a tool for
gathering information from people in advance of their attending
anti-racism trainings.
§
NDSU is in the midst of a Diversity
Council campus climate survey.
§
Sandy recommended to everyone the book
Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan Johnson.
§
Larry is attending an NEH conference at
Harvard this summer.
+ NTC
§
Claudia reported that the NTC anti-racism
team is meeting on a monthly basis. They are examining their
curriculum and gathering support for additional multicultural
courses.
§
As of July 1, NTC will be part of Fergus
Falls Community College. The group welcomed Kevin Allen who is an
employee at FFCC.
§
The TOCAR faculty/staff survey is now
online and will be distributed to everyone in the fall when MSUM and
NDSU do their surveys.
§
The Office of Civil Rights audit of NTC is
taking place April 21-23.
+ MSUM
§
Amy reported that MSUM's team has been
discussing the issue of students of color leaving the institution.
Their last team meeting and discussion of this issue was in the
Fargo Forum. The team is trying to determine what its role is on
campus at this point. The team is also in the process of further
developing its "team units."
+ Concordia
§
Johnathan reported that, in the next week,
the Concordia team is presenting its recommendations to the
President and the Community Relations Committee. The team has
developed recommendations on recruitment and retention, curriculum,
and publicizing the affirmative action office on campus.
§
Johnathan also reported that a group of
Concordia students have formed a group called "Students Uniting for
Racial Equality". The group will be meeting with the Concordia
President and VPs next week.
§
4-5 more Concordia individuals will be
attending another ELCA anti-racism training.
+ NDUS
§
Paul reported that the North Dakota
University System Diversity Council has agreed to move forward with
training by MCARI. Paul will be stepping down from chairing the
Council but will continue to be on the Council. The group
congratulated Paul on his hard work on this issue.
V. Institutional Assessment
-- Amy reported to everyone that the faculty/staff survey is
complete and will be administered in the fall at NDSU, NTC, and
MSUM. Concordia has already administered this survey. Amy reminded
everyone that Deb White at MSUM is now chairing the Institutional
Assessment Committee and is taking the lead on developing the
student survey. Amy passed out the draft of the student survey
and asked everyone to take a look at the tool at some point and
email feedback to her or Deb White (whitede@mnstate.edu). Amy
also mentioned that the committee needs participation from NDSU and
NTC. Sandy and Claudia will talk with NTC people about
participating and will contact Amy with names.
VI. Bremer grant proposal --
Amy reminded everyone that she and Phyllis are developing a second
Bremer grant proposal that needs to be submitted in April for May
consideration. Amy asked everyone for their institutional requests
for the proposal. Sandy asked that the proposal include 2 or 3
Level II trainings which would enable new team members to get team
training. Amy commented that this is also a request from the YWCA.
The group agreed that this was an important request and that new
team members from all 5 institutions could be trained
collaboratively. NDSU is also requesting $25,000 for a half-time
person to do TOCAR work on campus. Claudia also requested release
time funding for a coordinator position. Larry requested that funds
be requested for training resources such as the "Breaking Ice"
theatre group, videos, books, etc. Amy asked that everyone email
her their specific requests and that they also include a list of
in-kind contributions that their institutions will be providing.
Howard Barlow commented that the in-kind list should not be included
as part of the budget, but be a separate list.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30pm.
Minutes submitted by Amy Phillips. |
