To-wen Tseng
@twtseng.bsky.social
✍🏻 MG & YA Author | 🍩 THE DONUT RESCUE TEAM (Abrams Amplify Award winner) | 🇺🇸🇹🇼 Education Columnist | 💬 Exploring food justice, family, & resilience
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To-wen Tseng
@twtseng.bsky.social
· Sep 12
On Top of All the Back-to-School Jitters
Back-to-school season brings both excitement and anxiety, but this year parents at my child’s school were asked to donate $350 per student—far more than in past years—to cover programs the district do...
www.momsrising.org
Back-to-school jitters hit harder when PTAs have to fill funding gaps. Our kids deserve more than bumper stickers—they deserve fully funded schools.
#MomSky
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#MomSky
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Durbin, Rosen, Cortez Masto, King, Kaine, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassan.
If one of these ppl is your senator, you need to call them today 🥹
If one of these ppl is your senator, you need to call them today 🥹
Our calls & outrage are working! Sen Kaine, Rosen, Shaneen & Hassan said if they hear from more of their constituents, they could change their votes from a yes to a no. Rs may not be voting for this bill also, so call your R senators too. Keep the phone calls coming bc it’s working! 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Durbin, Rosen, Cortez Masto, King, Kaine, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassan.
If one of these ppl is your senator, you need to call them today 🥹
If one of these ppl is your senator, you need to call them today 🥹
During his first term, Trump’s travel ban hit close to home—my 4-year-old’s beloved Iranian teacher was suddenly gone. Eight years later, my now 12-year-old still remembers the fear and confusion. Attacks on immigrant communities are tearing classrooms apart.
Tell us how Trump’s immigration policies are impacting your family and community!
Please do not share any identifying information about yourself and immigrants in your community.
action.momsrising.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
During his first term, Trump’s travel ban hit close to home—my 4-year-old’s beloved Iranian teacher was suddenly gone. Eight years later, my now 12-year-old still remembers the fear and confusion. Attacks on immigrant communities are tearing classrooms apart.
Trump poured champagne at his Great Gatsby themed party while government shutdown continues to drag on, threatening access to food, health care, and child care for millions of families.
Head Starts are Closing, the Shutdown Must End NOW. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...
Head Starts are Closing, the Shutdown Must End NOW. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...
QUICK SIGNATURE: Head Starts are Closing
CLICK NOW to urge Republican leaders in Congress to IMMEDIATELY end the shutdown!
action.momsrising.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump poured champagne at his Great Gatsby themed party while government shutdown continues to drag on, threatening access to food, health care, and child care for millions of families.
Head Starts are Closing, the Shutdown Must End NOW. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...
Head Starts are Closing, the Shutdown Must End NOW. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...
Join me and add your name to the letter: Tell the L.A. Dodgers to Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation!
The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team - they’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families, and our shared love for ou...
actionnetwork.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Join me and add your name to the letter: Tell the L.A. Dodgers to Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
I voted! To my friends in CA, NJ, and NYC, you still have time to vote. Do it today!
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I voted! To my friends in CA, NJ, and NYC, you still have time to vote. Do it today!
You are impact by the pausing of SNAP, even you don’t use it: 1/8 adults and 1/4 kids in America receive SNAP. A one-month pause in SNAP could cause $16 million to vanish from our economy! It hurts not only grocery stores, but the entire supply chain. Pausing SANP will cost EVERYONE.
NOVEMBER 1 is going to be a double whammy.
The end of SNAP benefits will impact millions.
Millions will lose health insurance when enrollment opens and they see the unaffordable price increases.
Congressional Republicans should brace themselves as most will be their constituents.
#MomSky
The end of SNAP benefits will impact millions.
Millions will lose health insurance when enrollment opens and they see the unaffordable price increases.
Congressional Republicans should brace themselves as most will be their constituents.
#MomSky
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
You are impact by the pausing of SNAP, even you don’t use it: 1/8 adults and 1/4 kids in America receive SNAP. A one-month pause in SNAP could cause $16 million to vanish from our economy! It hurts not only grocery stores, but the entire supply chain. Pausing SANP will cost EVERYONE.
I'm sure you heard Johnson claim that SNAP is not available during government shutdown. That's a lie. There's a contingency fund they can use. Trump refuses to tap into this fund for political gains. It's wrong. Make your voice heard! #MomsSky #FoodJustice
action.momsrising.org/sign/MomsSay...
action.momsrising.org/sign/MomsSay...
Moms Say: Restore Health Care, SNAP, and Head Start - and REOPEN the Government!
Join us and sign on to tell Republican leaders in Congress to fully fund health care, food assistance, and Head Start, and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT NOW.
action.momsrising.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm sure you heard Johnson claim that SNAP is not available during government shutdown. That's a lie. There's a contingency fund they can use. Trump refuses to tap into this fund for political gains. It's wrong. Make your voice heard! #MomsSky #FoodJustice
action.momsrising.org/sign/MomsSay...
action.momsrising.org/sign/MomsSay...
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ICE thrives on fear & lies but the law is clear: no signed warrant, no entry. Across America, people are standing up, filming raids, refusing to open doors, & protecting each other. This isn’t just one city’s fight: it’s everyone’s.
Know your rights. Stay ready. Stand together.
Know your rights. Stay ready. Stand together.
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ICE thrives on fear & lies but the law is clear: no signed warrant, no entry. Across America, people are standing up, filming raids, refusing to open doors, & protecting each other. This isn’t just one city’s fight: it’s everyone’s.
Know your rights. Stay ready. Stand together.
Know your rights. Stay ready. Stand together.
I ❤️ LA Dodgers, especially they host a Dodgers Taiwan Day each year to celebrate my community. I'm 💔 to learn that they are investing in ICE prisons. It's hypocritical to celebrate immigrant communities while prosecuting immigrants. #MarkDropGEO sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We ♥️ the LA Dodgers! We don’t love ICE! ¡Amamos a los Dodgers! ¡Ni un dólar mas para ICE!
LA loves the Dodgers!
With the World Series headed to the City of Angels, we need to make sure the Dodgers' owner, Mark Walter, loves ALL Angelenos back. 40% of Dodger fans are Latino - the fan...
sign.moveon.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I ❤️ LA Dodgers, especially they host a Dodgers Taiwan Day each year to celebrate my community. I'm 💔 to learn that they are investing in ICE prisons. It's hypocritical to celebrate immigrant communities while prosecuting immigrants. #MarkDropGEO sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
FOOD JUSTICE: Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/fund-sn...
Tell Congress: Act Quickly to Keep SNAP Funded in November!
Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches.
action.momsrising.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
FOOD JUSTICE: Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/fund-sn...
They detained WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman! Share far and wide, let’s wait and see who’s the bad guys 😡
BREAKING: ICE agents just abducted a press camera operator in Chicago.
WGN-TV’s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.
What the hell is happening in America?
(🎥 Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)
WGN-TV’s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.
What the hell is happening in America?
(🎥 Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
They detained WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman! Share far and wide, let’s wait and see who’s the bad guys 😡
I heard people who hate China cheer for this, praising Trump for being tough. But the reality is that Trump threatened Americans with new tariffs and countermeasures. We Americans are the ones who pay!
You better watch out...
tariff-clause is coming to town!
tariff-clause is coming to town!
October 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I heard people who hate China cheer for this, praising Trump for being tough. But the reality is that Trump threatened Americans with new tariffs and countermeasures. We Americans are the ones who pay!
It’s Banned Books Week! 📚 I’m reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson—one of the most challenged books, according to PEN America. First published in 1999, it’s a modern classic that powerfully reminds us why we must listen to sexual assault survivors. My takeaway? Release the Epstein files. #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It’s Banned Books Week! 📚 I’m reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson—one of the most challenged books, according to PEN America. First published in 1999, it’s a modern classic that powerfully reminds us why we must listen to sexual assault survivors. My takeaway? Release the Epstein files. #booksky
While recent studies confirm that rural voters in the U.S. lean Republican, the cruel Republican budget reconciliation bill is closing rural hospitals. Tell Republican leaders in Congress not to hurt their own supporters! #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/rural_s...
Quick signature: Tell Congress to prevent hospital closures!
Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent hospital closures, and reopen the federal government!
action.momsrising.org
October 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
While recent studies confirm that rural voters in the U.S. lean Republican, the cruel Republican budget reconciliation bill is closing rural hospitals. Tell Republican leaders in Congress not to hurt their own supporters! #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/rural_s...
U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #BookSky
U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports
PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors. PEN found censorship increasingly routine; Florida, Te...
www.publishersweekly.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #BookSky
Fall into Fall by Taking Action on Child Care & Head Start🍂
#MomSky
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#MomSky
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SIGN NOW to Tell Congress: Support Child Care & Head Start!
Take action to keep up the drumbeat on child care by signing onto our letter to Congress
action.momsrising.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fall into Fall by Taking Action on Child Care & Head Start🍂
#MomSky
action.momsrising.org/sign/fall-fa...
#MomSky
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I started my career as a production intern at PBS North Carolina back in 2004. PBS has always had and will always have a special place in my heart. 💖
Please support your local PBS station!
#PBS #PBSKids #hopecore #misterrogers
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Please support your local PBS station!
#PBS #PBSKids #hopecore #misterrogers
www.tiktok.com/@pbs/video/7...
The secret ingredient is viewers like you. Don’t forget to support your local PBS station 💗 #pbs #pbskids #hopecore #misterrogers
TikTok video by PBS
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September 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I started my career as a production intern at PBS North Carolina back in 2004. PBS has always had and will always have a special place in my heart. 💖
Please support your local PBS station!
#PBS #PBSKids #hopecore #misterrogers
www.tiktok.com/@pbs/video/7...
Please support your local PBS station!
#PBS #PBSKids #hopecore #misterrogers
www.tiktok.com/@pbs/video/7...
Disney won five Emmys for Andor, a show about resisting fascism, and then suspended Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism. Join me and tell Disney to really stand up for freedom of speech. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/DisneyB...
Tell Disney: It’s Time to be Brave!
*Join us in telling: Disney, be brave and stand up for freedom of speech and our children’s rights!
action.momsrising.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Disney won five Emmys for Andor, a show about resisting fascism, and then suspended Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism. Join me and tell Disney to really stand up for freedom of speech. #MomSky action.momsrising.org/sign/DisneyB...
We need to stop pretending that Charlie Kirk was committed to free speech. He created professor watchlist, threatening academic staff members who criticized rightist propaganda. He advocated restrictions on what school teachers could teach. That’s not a champion of free speech.
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We need to stop pretending that Charlie Kirk was committed to free speech. He created professor watchlist, threatening academic staff members who criticized rightist propaganda. He advocated restrictions on what school teachers could teach. That’s not a champion of free speech.
I will never trust Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but I still want to believe in public health.
What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall.⬇️ "MA, NV, NM, CO, CT, MN, NY and PA have broadened Covid Vaccine access. CA, HI, OR and WA have formed West Coast Alliance to provide "immunizations to residents based on science, not politics."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall
In a move praised by RFK Jr, the FDA approved a new shot, but only for some people – here’s what to know about who can get them, and where
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I will never trust Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but I still want to believe in public health.
Back-to-school jitters hit harder when PTAs have to fill funding gaps. Our kids deserve more than bumper stickers—they deserve fully funded schools.
#MomSky
www.momsrising.org/blog/on-top-...
#MomSky
www.momsrising.org/blog/on-top-...
On Top of All the Back-to-School Jitters
Back-to-school season brings both excitement and anxiety, but this year parents at my child’s school were asked to donate $350 per student—far more than in past years—to cover programs the district do...
www.momsrising.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Back-to-school jitters hit harder when PTAs have to fill funding gaps. Our kids deserve more than bumper stickers—they deserve fully funded schools.
#MomSky
www.momsrising.org/blog/on-top-...
#MomSky
www.momsrising.org/blog/on-top-...
“We wouldn't have to see the Epstein files if we as a nation actually believe women and believe survivors."—Join @momsrising.org to demand the release of the Epstein files. #BelieveSurvivors action.momsrising.org/sign/release...
DEMAND the release of the Epstein files
Survivors have told the truth about Epstein and his powerful friends for decades. The White House's response? Distractions & cover-ups. We see through the lies. It's time to stop the distractions and ...
action.momsrising.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“We wouldn't have to see the Epstein files if we as a nation actually believe women and believe survivors."—Join @momsrising.org to demand the release of the Epstein files. #BelieveSurvivors action.momsrising.org/sign/release...
Finally reading The Handmaid’s Tale. What chills me most is the parallels. Gilead twists scripture to justify oppression—just as today’s MAGA movement frames leaders as God’s “chosen instruments,” excusing immorality while ignoring Jesus’s call to love our neighbors. #IReadBannedBooks
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Finally reading The Handmaid’s Tale. What chills me most is the parallels. Gilead twists scripture to justify oppression—just as today’s MAGA movement frames leaders as God’s “chosen instruments,” excusing immorality while ignoring Jesus’s call to love our neighbors. #IReadBannedBooks
I want to share a TikTok video I made earlier this year to call for protection of schools from ICE criminalization. Usually my TikTok is all about pollinators and gardening, but we simply can’t have another school year that allow masked ICE agents into our school! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BQsotK/
A third-grader asked me what will happen if ICE comes to our school. It breaks my heart watching my studentsfear the potential ICE activities on campus. I just want my classroom to be a safe a welcomi...
TikTok video by Ms. Towen
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August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I want to share a TikTok video I made earlier this year to call for protection of schools from ICE criminalization. Usually my TikTok is all about pollinators and gardening, but we simply can’t have another school year that allow masked ICE agents into our school! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BQsotK/
The American military should not be used against the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/dc...
No federal militarized takeover of our nation's capital!
The American military should not be used against the American people—period. Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts every single one of us in harm's way. Add your name to the petition to protect our communitie...
sign.moveon.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The American military should not be used against the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/dc...