Upcoming Events
Family Action Network events are always free and open to the public.
Welcome to our 2024-2025 season!
We will be hosting both Zoom and in-person programs this season.
Note that REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for our Zoom webinars.
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How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It)
Lindsey Cormack, Ph.D.
Associate professor of political science and director of the Diplomacy Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology
Heidi Stevens
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
ON ZOOM
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
Glory Edim
Founder of Well-Read Black Girl, an online platform and book club celebrating the works of Black women authors
Natalie Y. Moore
Award-winning journalist and author, and senior lecturer and director of audio programming at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
ON ZOOM
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
Rebecca Nagle
Award-winning journalist, writer and host of the podcast "This Land," and citizen of Cherokee Nation
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Ph.D. (Lumbee)
Dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy
ON ZOOM
Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
Tom McGrath
Award-winning journalist and author
Rachel Slade
Award-winning journalist and author
ON ZOOM
You Are Not Alone for Parents and Caregivers: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Your Child’s Mental Health
Christine M. Crawford, MD, MPH
Associate Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Tramaine Presley, Psy.D., LCPC, LMHC
Director of Child, Adolescent, and Family Services at The Family Institute at Northwestern University
ON ZOOM
Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm
DeMar DeRozan
Six-time NBA All-Star and two-time gold medalist for the United States Men’s Basketball Team
Hanif Abdurraqib
New York Times bestselling poet, essayist, and cultural critic
ON ZOOM
Past Events
Board-certified general and child and adolescent psychiatrist and Medical Director of Meridian Psychiatric Partners’ Child & Adolescent Division
The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World
#1 New York Times bestselling author