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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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
The Book of (More) Delights: A Conversation with Ross Gay
Award-winning New York Times bestselling author
Award-winning poet and Editor of Poetry magazine
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University
Director of Equity for Evanston Township High School D202
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, and senior lecturer and director of audio programming at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
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