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

Welcome to our 2023-2024 season!

We will be hosting both Zoom virtual events and in-person events this season.

Note that  REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for our Zoom webinars.

 

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IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist.and New York Times bestselling author

Nicholas Epley, Ph.D.

John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Apr 2 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, Cornog Auditorium

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

ZOOM EVENT

To Tell the Truth: Race, Identity, and Healing

Rachel Jamison Webster

Author and professor of creative writing at Northwestern University

Melissa Blount, Ph.D.

Artist, writer, and licensed clinical psychologist

Apr 4 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

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ZOOM EVENT

The Menopause Brain

Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D.

Director of the Women's Brain Initiative and Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College

Lisa Genova, Ph.D.

New York Times bestselling author, neuroscientist, and speaker

Apr 8 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

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ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

Poet, essayist, and cultural critic

Ross Gay, Ph.D.

Award-winning New York Times bestselling author

Apr 11 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

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IN-PERSON EVENT

Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides

Geoffrey L. Cohen, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business at Stanford University

LeViis Haney, Ed.D.

Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL

Apr 15 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Little Theater

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

 

ZOOM EVENT

The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens

Ellen Galinsky

President of Families and Work Institute

Matthew Montgomery, Ph.D.

Superintendent of Lake Forest School Districts 67 and 115 in Illinois

Apr 16 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

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ZOOM EVENT

Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child

Kelley Coleman

Author and disability advocate

Lindsay Crain

Head of Content and Community at Undivided

Apr 18 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

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IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

New York Times bestselling author of 20 books

Heidi Stevens

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

Apr 23 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Loyola Academy, McGrath Family Performing Arts Center

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.