Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.

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ZOOM EVENT

Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health

Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D., ABPP

Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association and the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eva Telzer, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at UNC Chapel Hill and co-director of the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development

Claudia Welke, MD

Child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Compass Health Center and Compass Virtual

Nov 8 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World

Devorah Heitner, Ph.D.

Educator, consultant, and author of Growing Up in Public and Screenwise

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Nov 6 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

David Leonhardt

Pulitzer Prize-winning senior writer for The New York Times

Matthew Desmond, Ph.D.

Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

Nov 2 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity

Lisa M.P. Munoz

Science writer, author, and founder and president of SciComm Services

Vanessa Bohns, Ph.D.

Social psychologist, author, professor, and chair of organizational behavior at Cornell University's ILR School

Nov 1 2023
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson, Ph.D.

Professor of History, Boston College

Claire Bond Potter, Ph.D.

Professor of History Emeritus at The New School for Social Research in New York City

Oct 30 2023
IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Basics with Babish: Recipes for Screwing Up, Trying Again, and Hitting It Out of the Park

Andrew Rea

YouTube star of "Binging with Babish" and "Babish Culinary Universe" and New York Times bestselling cookbook author

Sawyer Jacobs

Andrew Rea’s lifelong friend and business partner

Oct 26 2023
IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds

Rich Paul

CEO and Founder of Klutch Sports Group

Kevin Warren

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Bears

Oct 13 2023
IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success (Event 2 of 2)

Michelle Icard

Speaker, educator, and author

Caitlin McLennan

Assistant Head of Lower School at North Shore Country Day in Winnetka, Illinois

Oct 11 2023