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Created: Oct 27, 2007
Updated: Nov 22, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
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Tohono O`odham
(a.k.a.: Tohono O'odham Community Action TOCA)
( Community Based Organization )
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TOCA is a community- based organization dedicated to creating cultural revitalization, community health and sustainable development on the Tohono O'odham Nation. TOCA was founded in 1996 as a non-profit organization. TOCA has adopted principles that represent our approach to community development and guide our programs
TOCA's Principles
TOCA has adopted four principles that guide our decisions about program goals and strategies:
O'odham Himdag: Wisdom from our past creating solutions for our future - The O'odham Himdag (Desert People's Way) guides us as we seek to develop culturally appropriate solutions to the challenges that confront our community. By drawing upon our heritage and cultural traditions, we create lasting solutions and a stronger community.
Community Assets: See our resources, not just our needs - Our community already possesses many of the assets that are necessary to create a healthy and sustainable community. TOCA encourages people to take stock of our various community assets in order to develop indigenous solutions, rather than focus on the problems while importing "solutions" from the outside. The wisdom of our elders, the enthusiasm of our young people, the richness of our land, the centrality of our extended families, our desire to create a healthier community - even large numbers of people looking for meaningful work due to unemployment - all lead to the capacity to create solutions that will be culturally-based and sustainable.
Context is crucial: Strengthening the material roots of O'odham culture - It is not enough to simply preserve cultural activities, such as ceremonies, songs and stories. The material basis out of which these cultural practices grew must also be maintained. A ground blessing dance looses much of its power when only ever performed for an audience in an auditorium rather than in the fields were the O'odham have planted for generations. TOCA works to redevelop the material foundation of the O'odham culture.
Encourage community self-sufficiency: Social programs on the Tohono O'odham Nation have too often created dependent relationships which destroy the sustainable structures that have previously supported the people. For example, although well-intentioned, the introduction of federal food programs helped devastate the traditional local food system, which has led directly to a high incidence of diabetes on the Tohono O'odham Nation and has created dependency where self-sufficiency had previously existed. In response, TOCA continues to work toward community self-sufficiency in all of its programs.
Programs:
As an independent grass roots organization, TOCA strives to create effective culturally based responses to the problems that confront our community. In pursuit of a sustainable community, TOCA's programs work directly to create:
1) Sustainable economic development,
2) a community food system that keeps us healthy,
3) programs which rejuvenate our cultural traditions, and
4) ways of encouraging our young people to become strong members of the Tohono O'odham community.
In order to achieve these goals, TOCA has developed four current program areas:
Basketweavers Association
Community Arts & Culture Program
Youth/Elder Outreach Program
Community Food System
TOCA's Principles
TOCA has adopted four principles that guide our decisions about program goals and strategies:
O'odham Himdag: Wisdom from our past creating solutions for our future - The O'odham Himdag (Desert People's Way) guides us as we seek to develop culturally appropriate solutions to the challenges that confront our community. By drawing upon our heritage and cultural traditions, we create lasting solutions and a stronger community.
Community Assets: See our resources, not just our needs - Our community already possesses many of the assets that are necessary to create a healthy and sustainable community. TOCA encourages people to take stock of our various community assets in order to develop indigenous solutions, rather than focus on the problems while importing "solutions" from the outside. The wisdom of our elders, the enthusiasm of our young people, the richness of our land, the centrality of our extended families, our desire to create a healthier community - even large numbers of people looking for meaningful work due to unemployment - all lead to the capacity to create solutions that will be culturally-based and sustainable.
Context is crucial: Strengthening the material roots of O'odham culture - It is not enough to simply preserve cultural activities, such as ceremonies, songs and stories. The material basis out of which these cultural practices grew must also be maintained. A ground blessing dance looses much of its power when only ever performed for an audience in an auditorium rather than in the fields were the O'odham have planted for generations. TOCA works to redevelop the material foundation of the O'odham culture.
Encourage community self-sufficiency: Social programs on the Tohono O'odham Nation have too often created dependent relationships which destroy the sustainable structures that have previously supported the people. For example, although well-intentioned, the introduction of federal food programs helped devastate the traditional local food system, which has led directly to a high incidence of diabetes on the Tohono O'odham Nation and has created dependency where self-sufficiency had previously existed. In response, TOCA continues to work toward community self-sufficiency in all of its programs.
Programs:
As an independent grass roots organization, TOCA strives to create effective culturally based responses to the problems that confront our community. In pursuit of a sustainable community, TOCA's programs work directly to create:
1) Sustainable economic development,
2) a community food system that keeps us healthy,
3) programs which rejuvenate our cultural traditions, and
4) ways of encouraging our young people to become strong members of the Tohono O'odham community.
In order to achieve these goals, TOCA has developed four current program areas:
Basketweavers Association
Community Arts & Culture Program
Youth/Elder Outreach Program
Community Food System
