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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Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better
Co-founder of Radical Candor and author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
The Civil Rights Act at 60: Is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream for Chicago and the Country Attainable?
Executive Director of Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of Metropolitan Family Services in Chicago
Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor in Religious Studies and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University
Award-winning journalist and author, and senior lecturer and director of audio programming at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
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
New York Times bestselling 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