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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Scaling the Empathy Wall: Listening with Curiosity and Interest
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Change Your Mind: Introduction to Mindfulness Practice
Director, Mindfulness and Behavior Therapies Program, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Member, Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group Author
Becoming a Values-Based Leader
Executive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners and Clinical Professor of Management and Leadership at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Late Specialization: The Surprising Key to Athletic Success
Science writer and best-selling author
Being A Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Principal Investigator, Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab, Barnard College
Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
Former Chairperson, National Endowment for the Arts
Mindfulness and the Power of Possibility
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and Founder of Langer Mindfulness Institute