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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ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and Operations, Informatics, and Decisions (OID), University of Pennsylvania

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

Apr 16 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

Brian Goldstone, Ph.D.

Journalist

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Ph.D.

Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University

Apr 17 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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ZOOM EVENT!

Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love

Rebecca N. Thompson, MD

Family medicine and public health physician and author

Kimmery Martin, MD

Emergency medicine doctor and author of multiple works of medical fiction

Apr 21 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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ZOOM EVENT!

Ordinary Magic: The Science of How We Can Achieve Big Change with Small Acts

Greg Walton, Ph.D.

Michael Forman University Fellow and Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Dweck-Walton Lab at Stanford University

Jacqueline Woodson

Award-winning writer of dozens of books for adults, children, and adolescents

Apr 22 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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ZOOM EVENT!

Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Cognitive psychologist, host of The Psychology Podcast, professor of psychology at Columbia University, director of the Center for Human Potential, and author of eleven books

Susan Cain

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet and Bittersweet

Apr 28 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Past Events

ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Maggie Smith Glory Edim

Author and Founder of Well-Read Black Girl, an online platform and book club celebrating the works of Black women authors

Apr 9 2025

Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life