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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026 | 5:30 PM

JOIN US FOR AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF THE PBS SERIES

Your Fantastic Mind |

When the Phones Go Away

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WHAT TO EXPECT

Every thought, every feeling comes from one place.

Your Fantastic Mind, the Emmy Award-winning PBS series, takes viewers behind the curtain in the brain, the operating room, and in the lives of people. The series explores transformative science through research, storytelling, and real-world impact.

Join us for an advance screening of a new episode exploring the impact of phones on students and the growing conversation around phone-free learning environments across Georgia. Afterwards, stay for a panel discussion with education and public health experts on how phone-free schools are shaping student engagement, mental health, and classroom culture.

  • Join us for light bites, beer, wine, and informal networking before the screening begins. This reception provides an opportunity to connect with fellow education leaders, researchers, and community stakeholders attending the event.

  • Enjoy an advance screening of Your Fantastic Mind, the Emmy Award-winning PBS series exploring transformative brain and health science.

    This episode examines the role of phones in schools and the impact of phone-free learning environments on students, educators, and families.

    This advance screening takes place ahead of the episode’s Georgia broadcast on April 20 and PBS online release on April 21.

  • Following the screening, stay for a live panel discussion moderated by Jaye Watson, host of Your Fantastic Mind.

    The conversation will bring together perspectives from education leadership, public health research, mental health, and public policy to explore the episode’s themes and the broader impact of phone-free schools.

    Panelists include:

    Dr. Grant Rivera
    Superintendent of Marietta City Schools

    Dr. Julie Gazmararian
    Professor of Epidemiology

    Erin Harlow Parker, APRN, PMHCNS-BC
    Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

The event will take place at the Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health.

Claudia Nance Rollins Building
Rollins Auditorium (P-Level)
1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

Parking: Michael Street Permit Lot (301 Rollins Way), first parking deck on the right. Free parking after 4 PM.