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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What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America
Author, Educator, Film Producer and Venture Capitalist
Doctors, Drug Companies, Isolation, and Our Epidemic of Opioid Addiction
Los Angeles-based freelance journalist
Dreamland: America’s Opiate Epidemic and How We Got Here
Los Angeles-based freelance journalist
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute Fellow, Haas Institute, UC Berkeley and at Thurgood Marshall Institute, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
How College Works: The Primacy of Personal Connection
Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
Enough as She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives
The Cofounder of National Nonprofit, Girls Leadership and Leadership Development Specialist at the Wurtele Center for Leadership at Smith College
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
Nadine Burke-Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP
Surgeon General of California. Founder and CEO, The Center for Youth Wellness, and founding physician, Bayview Child Health Center, San Francisco.
The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life
Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute
Marley Dias Gets It Done (And So Can You!)
Founder, #1000BlackGirlBooks, Editor in Residence, Elle.com and Author
Working with Trauma: Integrating Psychotherapy and Mindfulness
Clinical Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University