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

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ZOOM EVENT

Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net

Jessica Calarco, Ph.D.

Associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Heidi Stevens

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

Sep 30 2024
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness

Jamil Zaki, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Director, Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, Stanford University

Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.

John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Stanford University

Sep 26 2024
ZOOM EVENT

Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price

Anthony Abraham Jack, Ph.D.

Inaugural faculty director of the Newbury Center and associate professor of higher education leadership at Boston University

Jeff Selingo

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author

Sep 25 2024
ZOOM EVENT

Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change

Premal Dharia

Executive director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School

James Forman, Jr.

J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School

Maria Hawilo

Distinguished Professor in Residence, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

W. David Ball

Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law

Sep 19 2024
POSTPONED! NEW DATE SOON!

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

Sep 17 2024
ZOOM EVENT + BOGO!

Math Mind: The Simple Path to Loving Math

Shalinee Sharma

Math expert and CEO and co-founder of Zearn

Angela Duckworth, Ph.D.

Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

Sep 16 2024
IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People (Event 2 of 2)

David Yeager, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, and co-founder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute

Matthew Montgomery, Ph.D.

Superintendent of Lake Forest School Districts 67 and 115 in Illinois

Sep 11 2024
IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People (Event 1 of 2)

David Yeager, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, and co-founder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute

Sep 9 2024
ZOOM EVENT

A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

Lawrence Ingrassia

Author and award-winning journalist

Joanne Lipman

Pioneering journalist and author of two bestselling books

May 28 2024