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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The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Deakin University
Science writer, broadcaster, and researcher
Grown & Flown: A Conversation on How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults
Co-founder, Grown and Flown
Author, "How to Raise an Adult" and "Real American"
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Science writer and best-selling author
Head of Lake Forest Country Day School
Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
Award-winning author and poet
Award-winning essayist
College During COVID: Lessons from the Science of Adolescence
Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Temple University
Clinical psychologist and author of three parenting books
When the World Feels Like a Scary Place: Essential Conversations for Anxious Parents and Worried Kids
Child psychologist and Director of the Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health at the University of Minnesota
Clinical psychologist and Executive Director, Family Service Center of Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook and Kenilworth
On Making: Exploring the Creative Process
Multimedia artist and author
2024 MacArthur Fellow and #1 New York Times bestselling author
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
Award-winning attorney and founder of the Buried Alive Project, Girls Embracing Mothers, XVI Capital Partners, and Milena Reign LLC
Assistant Public Defender, Cook County Public Defender’s Office, and adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Riding the Crisis Roller Coaster: Positioning Yourself Emotionally Amidst Volatility
Historian and James E. Robinson Chair of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer, Northwestern University
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago