Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
Author and award-winning journalist
Pioneering journalist and author of two bestselling books
Thinking with Your Hands: How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts
Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters
Professor at the University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab
Chancellor's Professor Emerita at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine
Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
Founder and CEO of Khan Academy, and founder of the nonprofits Schoolhouse.world, Khan Lab School, and Khan World School
Founder and CEO of Character Lab, and the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder
Organizational psychologist, professor emeritus at Stanford, co-founder and former co-director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization, co-founder of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and co-founder of the Stanford "d.school"
Professor at Northwestern University, co-director of Northwestern’s Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design, and faculty founder of Design for America
The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business, bestselling author, podcast host, and serial entrepreneur
Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business
Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
Assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the School of Social Policy and Practice and the Wharton School of Business
H. J. Louis Professor Emeritus of Management and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management
The Stolen Wealth of Slavery: A Case for Reparations
Emmy Award-nominated journalist and producer
University Distinguished Professor at Vanderbilt University and author of 25 books
Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better
Co-founder of Radical Candor and author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
The Civil Rights Act at 60: Is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream for Chicago and the Country Attainable?
Executive Director of Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of Metropolitan Family Services in Chicago
Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor in Religious Studies and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University
Award-winning journalist and author