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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Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
Pulitzer Prize-winning senior writer for The New York Times
Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity
Science writer, author, and founder and president of SciComm Services
Social psychologist, author, professor, and chair of organizational behavior at Cornell University's ILR School
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Professor of History, Boston College
Professor of History Emeritus at The New School for Social Research in New York City
Basics with Babish: Recipes for Screwing Up, Trying Again, and Hitting It Out of the Park
YouTube star of "Binging with Babish" and "Babish Culinary Universe" and New York Times bestselling cookbook author
Andrew Rea’s lifelong friend and business partner
Modeling Matters: What Parents Need to Know (and Do) to Decrease Stress, Worry, and Anxiety (Event 2 of 2)
Clinical social worker and psychotherapist, speaker, trainer, and author
Modeling Matters: What Parents Need to Know (and Do) to Decrease Stress, Worry, and Anxiety (Event 1 of 2)
Clinical social worker and psychotherapist, speaker, trainer, and author
Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds
CEO and Founder of Klutch Sports Group
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Bears
Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success (Event 2 of 2)
Speaker, educator, and author
Assistant Head of Lower School at North Shore Country Day in Winnetka, Illinois
Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success (Event 1 of 2)
Speaker, educator, and author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better
Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside
Theologian, essayist, cultural critic, and author