Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
Browse our past events by year or topic — you can download previous flyers here, too.
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Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry
27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church
Twelfth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (2008-2020)
Love Without Reason
Founder, Lunch on Me
Producer, writer, speaker, and mindfulness meditation teacher
The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms
Assistant Chief Counsel for ABC News and author, "The Fight for Free Speech"
Author and former mayor of Charlottesville, VA
Power, Agency, and Identity: Reflections on Girlhood
Award-winning author and associate professor at the University of Iowa
“Ask Polly” advice columnist on Substack, essayist, and author
Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Understanding
Author and award-winning journalist
Author, travel writer, and award-winning syndicated radio host
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
New York Times bestselling poet, essayist, and cultural critic
Award-winning author, editor, poet, playwright, performer, educator, speaker, and rapper.
The Empathy Diaries: An Evening with Sherry Turkle, Ph.D.
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT
Senior Rabbi at North Shore Congregation Israel
Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work
New York Times bestselling author and multigenerational workplace expert
Director of career advising and education in the Career Management Center at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Smart Women Love Money: 5 Simple, Life-Changing Rules of Investing
CEO, PowerHouse Assets LLC
Marketing strategist and financial services veteran
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Journalist and bestselling author of "Hidden Valley Road" and "Lost Girls"
Best-selling author; professor of clinical psychology, Columbia University Medical Center; former president of PEN America.