Tajik Americans (Tajik: Тоҷикони Амрико, romanized: Tojikoni Amriko) are Americans who trace their origin to Tajikistan, or Samarkand and Bukhara region of Uzbekistan.
[4] In May 2012, the Tajik American Cultural Association (TACA) was founded by Tajik local volunteers Vladimir Fedorenko, Anvar Samadzoda, Akobir Akhmedov and Faridun Nazarov in Fairfax, Virginia as a non-profit, non-governmental, cultural, professional, and educational organization.
The mission of TACA is to promote and facilitate intercultural understanding and cooperation by organizing educational and cultural programs that focus on issues concerning the Tajik American community.
[5] In addition, TACA strives to address the needs of the Tajik community in America.
TACA believes that building cultural bridges among Tajik and American communities is needed and aims to promote further integration, encourage cooperation and establish close relations with other US communities.