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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Insight Dialogue: Practicing Interpersonal Meditation
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Mindfulness in Relationship: The Power of the Shared Human Experience
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference
Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative
Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
Sociologist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education
The Test: What Do Students Need To Succeed and How Do We Know What Works?
Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute
The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing, But You Don’t Have To Be
Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money
"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times
Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential, and Endangered
Senior Fellow, The Child Trauma Academy, Houston; Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Fienberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Author, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Born for Love
The Mask You Live In
Filmmaker, Advocate, and Non-profit Founder, The Representation Project