Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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Think Talk Create: Building Workplaces Fit for Humans
Co-founder, Strategy of Mind
Co-founder, Strategy of Mind
Chris P. Dialynas Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
Senior Washington correspondent at The Independent and author of We’re Not Broken
Award-winning science writer and author, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
Run: Book One – A Conversation with Andrew Aydin
National Book Award winner and co-author, with Rep. John Lewis, of the "March" graphic novel trilogy.
Author and poet
Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
Author of seven New York Times bestsellers and the presenter of two prime-time series on PBS
Senior rabbi, Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL
Letters to My White Male Friends: A Conversation with Dax-Devlon Ross, J.D.
Author and principal at the social impact consultancies Dax-Dev and Third Settlements.
Assistant Superintendent/Principal, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair of African American Studies, Emory University
Professor of History, Boston College
Hunt, Gather, Parent: Raising Happy, Healthy, Little Humans
Author and global health correspondent, NPR Science Desk
"Balancing Act" columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Life as a QuaranTEEN: Youth Mental Health Post-Pandemic
Psychologist, author, New York Times columnist, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host
Chair, Mental Health Working Group of the city of Chicago’s Mayor’s Youth Commission
Vice-Chair, Mental Health Working Group of the city of Chicago’s Mayor’s Youth Commission
Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Award-winning author, motivational speaker, and criminal justice reform advocate
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
National correspondent for Time magazine
Chicago-based campaign operative and Brandeis University student