EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

Looksmaxing can take over your life.

Don’t let it.

Listen to current Stanford students from the group Landline - formerly Reconnect Stanford - share their experiences with body dysmorphia and looksmaxxing.

Learn how to stay in control of your body thoughts. Spoiler: it involves stepping away from social media and towards real connection.

Middle school and high school students, plus parents, are welcome (no younger attendees this time, please).

Food and drink for all!

We invited Reconnect Stanford, a Stanford student-led nonprofit, to host a fireside heart-to-heart with Bay Area elementary, middle, and high school students and their parents about life on social media. Attendees left their devices at the door for a candid peer-to-peer conversation, where Reconnect Stanford team members shared personal stories about quitting social media, the harms it caused them, and what they wished older peers had told them sooner. 

Students came with thoughtful, real questions — not only about their own habits but about how to talk with their parents about phones and apps. The evening reinforced Reconnect Stanford's mission of using slightly older peers, who lived through the rise of social media firsthand, to mentor Gen Alpha toward a freer, saner relationship with technology.

On February 11th, we hosted a launch party to celebrate Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price’s new book, “The Amazing Generation.” Over 50 Piedmont community members attended, representing all Piedmont elementary schools, PMS, and PHS; plus teachers, administrators (including the principal of Havens Elementary), and several pediatricians and mental health professionals. We gave out 70 copies of the book. 

Piedmont Unplugged president Melissa Partovi led an engaging Q&A that highlighted the group’s initiatives and the Piedmont community’s focus on healthier habits around screens and personal devices at school and at home.

Do your kids go to Havens, and do they love to bike? If yes, mark your calendars for Friday, January 9th for the launch of the Bike Bus. Meet at Bear Park on the corner of King and Hampton at 8:00am and ride to Havens together at 8:10am. 

Got bike concerns? Ryan Moore from Oakland Trek will be on hand to check your bikes. Parents - want to join? You can, but feel free to drop your kids to encourage that independence. We’ll have a few experienced parents riding with the group, along with a dedicated PPD police officer - so kids can learn street safety and the rules of the road while en route.

What’s needed?

  • Helmet and bike required 

  • Kids must know how to ride a bike with a backpack on

  • Bike parking located on Havens school property - no bike lock needed

How does my kid get back?

  • Ride home with friends or solo

  • Head to Piedmont Park for Free Play Friday and pick them up later

  • Throw the bike in your car or on your bike rack

  • For the first Bike Bus day, we will organize a Bike Bus back to Bear Park leaving the front of Havens at 3:15pm (please be on time for pick up).

This inaugural event is for Havens school families, and we hope to expand to more schools in the future. If you’re a Beach or Wildwood family, let us know if you’d like to help coordinate one for your school.