In your homes, schools, libraries, businesses, congregations, etc. For the Future American Poetry and Literacy Project National Religious Partnership for the Environment Children's Literacy Initiative National TV-Turnoff Week is the first nationwide effort which targets the medium of television and asks that people reassess the role TV plays in their daily lives as entertainer, pacifier, babysitter, time filler and background noise. It's an opportunity to rediscover the wide range of activities that exist when one unplugs from the sedentary, image-based, simplistic and commercial world of television. Turning off the television for seven full days helps participants realize that life without television is not torture and may actually be more fun. A one day turnoff provides too little challenge.
All TV is passive, sedentary and non-experiential.
The purpose of National TV-Turnoff Week is to leave behind judgements about the quality of television and focus instead on creating, discovering, building, participating and doing. By going without television for a week, people will learn a great deal about their television habits and will likely be more critical viewers if and when they decide to return to the tube. It's intended to build family and community spirit. Send a letter to parents that asks for the family's participation in the turnoff. Indicate the support of the principal, the teachers, PTA or other groups that you have.