Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master's Program in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Somehow: Thoughts on Love
New York Times bestselling author of 20 books
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child
Author and disability advocate
Head of Content and Community at Undivided
The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens
President of Families and Work Institute
Superintendent of Lake Forest School Districts 67 and 115 in Illinois
Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides
Professor of Psychology and the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business at Stanford University
Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Poet, essayist, and cultural critic
Award-winning New York Times bestselling author
The Menopause Brain
Associate professor of neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at WCM/New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York Times bestselling author, neuroscientist, and speaker
To Tell the Truth: Race, Identity, and Healing
Author and professor of creative writing at Northwestern University
Artist, writer, and licensed clinical psychologist
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist.and New York Times bestselling author
John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls
Communication professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University and CNN Opinion contributor
Nonfiction editor at Alcove Press