2022 Gathering Grounds Session: Developing Tribal System Cohesion; 100% Taos (with Aurora Valdez, MPH, Taos Pueblo)
We are excited to welcome Aurora Valdez, MPH (Taos Pueblo) Community Wellness Manager at Taos Pueblos Health & Community Service to our community of practice session this month. She will share their team and partners’ hard work, passion, and commitment to realize the 100% Tao initiative. The aspiration of this initiative is that 100% of community members have access to quality services and programs along their life course, in order to decrease trauma. We are excited to hear how their story evolved from the community health assessment to strengthening their internal data infrastructure. She will share how their teams came together, maintain their connection and respond to the community and represent systems cohesion.
About Our Practice
The Seven Sacred Directions
Seven Directions was born from a desire to create greater connectivity across the many tribes, communities and organizations that have the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native people at the heart of what they do. We are guided by the “seven directions” of practice: Integration & Holistic Wellness, Culture & Identity, Families & Communities, Respect for Sovereignty, Service, Indigenous Knowledge, and Tribal Governance.
The Seven Sacred Directions serve as an indigenous framework for presenting the strategic directions for the public health agenda.
