Detroit, MI - Safe Sense (313-808-5406) has announced its latest safety awareness initiative, “Look Up Challenge,” which encourages responsible cellphone use.
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Throughout the fall of 2024, the nationwide “Look Up Challenge” campaign will seek to empower individuals to develop better situational awareness and limit cellphone use while outside. Safe Sense CEO Sharlene Burris wants to draw the public's attention to the dangers of “distracted” walking, shopping, sitting at the bus stop, or any other activity while using a mobile phone. Excessive cellphone use, especially in public, increases the risk of danger, whether that’s accidentally falling or becoming a victim of theft.
More details can be found at https://www.safesense.org
Burris says that she created the “Look Up Challenge” initiative after noticing many people who are absorbed in their cellphone activities when they should be focused on themselves and their safety. She details the three easy steps in this challenge: first, whenever people are outside of their homes and need to look at their phones, they need to count for five seconds; after five seconds, they should look up and around; lastly, they need to check their surroundings and ask themselves if anything has changed.
"The lack of safety situational awareness makes it easier for criminals to target and attack their victims; people who are doing everyday things, like walking in parking lots to and from their cars while engaged with their cell phones, are far more vulnerable to robbery, theft, or physical assaults than those who are alert and aware of their surroundings," Burris says.
Developed to make people aware of why they need to become more intentional about their cell phone use, and how to do so, the “Look Up Challenge” is simple to understand and make into a habit that will easily become second nature, she adds.
Safe Sense is an informational resource and hands-on consulting firm that teaches individuals - from K-12 and college students to employees, field service workers, educators, and senior citizens - field-tested core personal safety principles, activities, and real-time applications rooted in common sense, situational awareness, and environmental mindfulness.
Safe Sense has published two Safety Guides: Safe Sense Field Service Safety Guide - Parole/Probation Officers Edition and Safe Sense Workplace Safety Guide - with more to follow. Both books are available for purchase through the Safe Sense website.
Interested parties can find more information by visiting https://safesense.org/wsg.html
Contact Info:
Name: Sharlene Burris
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Organization: Safe Sense, LLC
Address: 1401 W. Fort Street, #442077 , Detroit, Michigan 48244-3501, United States
Website: http://www.safesense.org
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Release ID: 89140407
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