Mark, if you’re reading this, let us at LookUp hold the megaphone to the young voices you should hear…

Some aspects of “the new internet” sound compelling: for instance, “teleportation,” “connection,” and “reducing my carbon footprint” - sign me up! But as recent history has shown us, a healthy human psyche, both of the individual and the collective, consistently plays out at odds with the corporate values that profit big tech - “move fast and break things.”

LookUp Announces a new Executive Director! We are thrilled to introduce you to Sam Carpenter, LookUp’s new Executive Director, our next gen leader who will bring her energy and enthusiasm for youth and LookUp’s mission to empower and amplify youth leaders who are creating a healthy, safe and responsible digital world..

CONCORD, MA– A youth-led movement is building to reimagine and redesign a digital world in which young people can genuinely thrive. Embracing the power of youth, two leading forces, LookUp, a nonprofit social venture, and the creators of the Netflix Docu-drama, The Social Dilemma, are teaming up to host the second annual Youth 4 Youth iSummit (Y4Y iSummit), October 14-17th, 2021.

On May 1st, LookUp lost one of our most ardent champions, Ann Reynolds, Co-Founder and Believer in Chief. Ann believed in LookUp’s mission. Truly believed. As a life-long educator and youth advocate, she knew that if we tapped into the energy, courage, creativity, and first-hand experience of students - then we could create a more authentic, humane, and kind society for generations to come.

Two leading forces, LookUp, a youth-inspired social enterprise, and the Netflix Docu-drama, The Social Dilemma, are teaming up to embolden Gen Z to take action and pitch solutions via a StartUp Grant Competition and the Youth 4 Youth Summit…

I’m an eternal optimist. Always have been. So, it should come as no surprise that I've found a few good stories to share about these uncertain times.