What is Reconnect?

Reconnect Clubs host phone-free events every other week to create a fully engaged, uninterrupted social environment that Gen Z rarely experiences. Grab some friends and start a Reconnect chapter at your college.

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Why no phones?

1. Depth of connection increases

2. No distractions from the present moment

3. These factors create a more lively and exploratory social environment

Why Reconnect Exists

We create in person communities on college campuses to detox from distractions, make friends, and just hang out. Social media currently has a monopoly on social connections, meaning social media has become a requirement to socialize. Therefore if you want to avoid the negative effects of social media and delete it, your social life will suffer. Reconnect exists to balance this monopoly by providing an easily accessible face to face alternative to social media.

What do people think?

This was an extremely restorative day, and it was wonderful to spend time with a new group of people who I'd never met before, and immediately connect with them more than I connect with people on a regular basis, away from all the distractions and kind of slow down and not be aware of time and just kind of feel what life is meant to be.

Megan, 19

Something unique about this event was connecting with people without looking at my hone every 5 seconds 'cause I feel like even in conversation I'll just be checking notifications talking to other people on my phone and not actually engaging fully in the conversation. Today we just sat around and talked in the groups, even having individual side conversations. It was so much more deep and meaningful than they normally would be if I just had my phone with me.

Andrew, 19

In the normal world with our phones it's very superficial. Everything we do with our communication feels fake and forced, like we have to put on a show. But here at the reconnect movement we brought this big group of people together just for communicating, so we don't have to act we don't have to play. We actually want to be here we actually want to be off of our phones and we want to be real

Betsy, 17

Meet The Founder

Reconnect was founded by college student Seán Killingsworth. After constantly feeling isolated while surrounded by social media, Seán traded his smartphone for a flip-phone. That’s when he discovered the outside world was no longer full of in person social opportunities because everyone was looking down at their phones and focusing on social media. He created The Reconnect Movement to provide students with a place dedicated to meeting people and socializing face to face.

To contact Seán with inquiries email him at Sean@reconnectmovement.com

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