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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Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It
Award-winning journalist and author
Winnetka Campus Principal/Assistant Superintendent of New Trier High School D203
Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health
Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and host of the "Freakonomics, MD" podcast
Journalist and bestselling author of "Hidden Valley Road" and "Lost Girls"
Summer Hiatus!
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Science and comics writer and editor, and the host and consulting producer of "Extraordinary Birder" on National Geographic
Award-winning journalist and author
The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World
Author of multiple New York Times bestsellers and the presenter of two prime-time series on PBS
Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business
Science writer and best-selling author
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today
Professor of marketing, behavioral decision making, and psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management
#1 New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and writer
Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”
Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL
Above Ground: A Conversation with Clint Smith
Staff writer at The Atlantic and New York Times bestselling author
Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL