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Women’s Fund launches SMART campaign urging community action on screens and mental health
Summary
Tanya Harrison of the Women’s Fund told the Oshkosh Area School District Board the SMART campaign links heavy screen and social‑media use with rising anxiety and depression, and will run community events and school partnerships from February through June to promote awareness, tools and offline connection.
Tanya Harrison, a parent and community volunteer with the Women’s Fund of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, told the school board on Jan. 28 that the fund has launched SMART, a community campaign aimed at reducing the mental‑health harms linked to heavy screen and social‑media use.
Harrison said the campaign was built on several years of focus‑group work with local mental‑health professionals and national speakers. She summarized five core areas the professionals highlighted as most harmful for brain health—addictive app behaviors, misinformation, sleep disruption, social comparison, and cyberbullying—and said the effort is intended to promote “awareness and…
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