Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
Associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University
Contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and author of several bestselling books
YOUR GIFT IS DOUBLED THRU 12/31/23!
A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence
Psychologist, cultural anthropologist, and bestselling author
Chief Clinical Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Normal Broken: The Grief Companion for When It’s Time to Heal But You’re Not Sure You Want To
Award-winning writer, speaker, and advocate
Writer, essayist, and New York Times bestselling author
Love Every Day: 365 Relational Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow, and Thrive
Award-winning author, podcast host, professor, and licensed clinical psychologist, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Psychotherapist, podcast host, and New York Times bestselling author
The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought
Platinum-selling, three-time Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots
Artist, archivist, curator, and professor and Special Advisor to the President at the University of Chicago
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Award-winning bestselling author and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times
Bestselling author of "I Miss You When I Blink" and "Bomb Shelter"
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
New York Times bestselling author
Award-winning playwright and screenwriter
The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections
Host of the "Higher Ed Spotlight" podcast and visiting scholar at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development
Incoming president of the Valhalla Foundation and former Director in the U.S. Education Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation