Dear TANG Family and Friends, 

Our community is the heart of TANG and the safety and wellbeing of all our participants have always been and will continue to be our top priority. Our Board of Directors have been actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation and we have made the very difficult decision to cancel our summer conference this year (July 2-5, 2020). With such a rapidly evolving situation, we cannot anticipate where things will be in late June and as volunteers, it will be difficult to plan a successful conference with this much uncertainty. While we know that this is extremely disappointing, we feel that it is the ethical decision to be cautious and keep everyone’s safety and health in mind. 

In the case that it is safer to gather in the summer and fall, we are considering the possibility of hosting localized, smaller gatherings. As of right now, we encourage everyone to continue practicing social distancing and to stay digitally connected through the TANG Facebook Page/Group and Instagram. We are also working on setting up a TANG Discord and virtual community engagement activities for the coming months. If any of you have ideas/suggestions on how we can stay connected and engaged as a community, please let us know!

If you would like to donate your registration fee to TANG this year, we always welcome your support. We would also love it if you consider helping out the following causes:

• Supporting performers, musicians, small businesses, and the hospitality industry who have been financially impacted
• Donating money or food to local food banks
• Assisting senior citizens in our community with groceries and errands

Thank you all for your unwavering support in TANG. Be safe, remain healthy and we look forward to seeing you all as soon as we can. 

With gratitude, 

TANG Board of Directors

Maurice Chen, Ru Cheng, Rolla Chng, Jenn Kao, Audrey Tseng, Thomas Yu