The Get Real Initiative equips American youth with the tools to reclaim their attention and their connection to the offline world. We’re sparking an in-person revolution — through documentary storytelling, hands-on community programming, and research-backed resources — that centers young voices and proves life offline is more fun, not just healthier.

We believe screen addiction is not just a personal habit, but a cultural norm. Society must recenter in-person conversation and communion, and all the boredom and belonging it brings. Get Real works from the ground up, neighborhood by neighborhood, training young leaders to turn their own block into proof that face-to-face connection is still fundamental to real life.

We are two friends who met at Harvard and bonded over a shared memory of what childhood used to feel like: unstructured, unhurried, and offline. As members of GenZ, we witnessed the profound shift that coincided with the rise of handheld technologies. We founded Get Real because we lived both sides, and believe that younger generations deserve a return to the real.