Annie Tan
Teacher, Activist, Storyteller.
All About Annie.
Subscribe to get updates.
Follow Annie on Twitter and Instagram at annietangent.
Contact Annie.
Subscribe to get email updates!
Enter your email below to get updates on Annie’s new work, storytelling shows, articles, interviews, speaking engagements, etc.! (Annie will only send updates when she has new work to share!)
Latest News:
- Practicing Black Lives Matter & the Intergenerational Work.On Friday 7/3/20 I participated in my first protest since George Floyd, a counter-protest: we Asians For Black Lives responded to an All Lives/Police Lives Matter Flushing rally. As we work on what BLM and abolition work means, I’ve read/reread a piece I wrote 2 years ago for BLM At Schools NYC as an affirmation.Continue reading “Practicing Black Lives Matter & the Intergenerational Work.”
Highlighted Work
Watch: PBS’ “Asian Americans”
NYC teacher/writer Annie Tan and activist/author Helen Zia talk about how important Vincent Chin is to Asian Americans. The 1982 murder of Vincent Chin by two white men in Detroit Michigan ignited a push for Asian American civil rights. (4:10)
Read: The New Republic
“I’m Teaching From Home and Don’t Know How Long We Can Keep This Up”: My students are stressed, their families are sick, and teachers like me are trying to hold it all together.
Listen: The Moth Radio Hour
“Remembering Vincent”: Annie Tan stokes the fire of her curiosity, but uncovers a dark moment in her family’s history. (11:05)
“And remotely, I can’t be the special education teacher that I need to be for them—it’s just not possible.”
The New Republic: “I’m Teaching From Home and Don’t Know How Long We Can Keep This Up” with Annie Tan (5/5/2020)
“My Chinatown will never be the same after this.”
Labor Notes: “Interview: Coronavirus Pandemic Inflames Anti-Asian Racism” with Annie Tan (4/6/2020)
Photo: Haruka Sakaguchi for the New York Times
Contact Annie
Contact Annie at annietangent@gmail.com or by filling out the following form!
