The Tigray Community Association Washington DC Metropolitan Area (TCA-WDA)
Preamble
We members of the Tigray Community Association of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area, hereafter, “TCA-WDA,” are residents who work and live in Washington, D.C, and its metropolitan area. We have formed TCA-WDA, a non-profit organization, to help address members need regarding social, cultural, and other community challenges that are of interest and importance to TCA-WDA members and Tigrayans at large. TCA-WDA members come from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, specifically, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. TCA-WDA members come from Tigrayan-heritage background and represent a cross section of Tigrayan society in the metropolitan area irrespective of religion, gender, or political background or other social denominations.
Vision
TCA-WDA vision is to ensure Tigrayan values, heritage, and national psyche are kept intact and passed on to the next generation. Moreover, our vision is to see Tigrayan lives, and livelihoods are the best they can be, they pursue happiness by chasing their dreams, and give back for the greater good of Tigray and Tigrayans.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to serve, support, and advance TCA-WDA members’ interest. Moreover, TCA-WDA mission is to create a social platform and infrastructure where our members are united, organized, motivated, and committed to building a stronger community whereby our children, the youth, and the elderly achieve cohesiveness and harmony through educational, social, economic, and cultural engagements.
Article I
Name
Tigray Community Association of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area, also known as TCA-WDA is our official organization name. TCA-WDA covers residents in Washington, D.C and its immediate suburbs in the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
TCA-WDA is a non-profit charity organization formed exclusively for the purposes set forth in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the DC Nonprofit Organization Act. Read more …