MN Unplugged brings together local efforts across Minnesota into one unified space. Our goal is to encourage local initiatives to grow and thrive while using our infrastructure to provide connection to share resources, support coordination, and show legislators that this is a growing movement across Minnesota.
We partner with national experts and nonprofit organizations, including Distraction-Free Schools Policy Project and Smartphone Free Childhood US.
Our state coalition is made up of local grassroots efforts across Minnesota.
- Technology can be a powerful tool when used intentionally and with purpose
- Childhood is being stolen by screen time
- Kids thrive through real-world play and face-to-face connection
- The longer we wait to give children devices, the healthier they will be
- Schools should be places to learn, not marketplaces for tech companies
- Teachers shouldn't have to play phone police, and students deserve classrooms free from distractions
- Phone-free schools, bell to bell
- Schools that prioritize children’s well-being over Big Tech interests
- More free-play and independence for kids
- Collective action to delay smartphones and social media
- Low-tech childhoods and teen years