Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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A Little More Social: How Small Choices Create Unexpected Happiness, Health, and Connection
John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Staff writer for The Atlantic and the inaugural Senior Presidential Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs
Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It
Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Stanford University
Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL
Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
Science writer and best-selling author
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Backtalker: An American Memoir
Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the cofounder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum
Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice and Black Studies and the Inaugural Chair in Social Sciences and the Humanities at The University of Illinois at Chicago
How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author
The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again
Board-certified OB/GYN, founder of The 'Pause Wellness, and #1 New York Times bestselling author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
An Objective Look at Meditation Methods and Enlightenment
Clinical and research psychologist and bestselling author
Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst
Born to Flourish: How New Science and Ancient Wisdom Reveal a Simple Path to Thriving
William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chief Contemplative Officer at Humin and research scientist at UW-Madison's Center for Healthy Minds
Chief Service Officer of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission