Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
Browse our past events by year or topic — you can download previous flyers here, too.
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Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond
Award-winning science journalist, author of Friendship, and co-author of Parent Nation.
Who Gets In and Why: Inside College Admissions
Journalist and author
Director of Undergraduate Admissions at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mapping Your College Search: Finding the Right Fit at the Right Price
"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times
Journalist and author
The Joan Feitler ’49 Co-Director of College Counseling at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago
GRAND ROUNDS: Healing Developmental Trauma: The NeuroAffective Relational Model for Resolving ACEs and C-PTSD
Creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model© (NARM) and senior faculty member at the NARM Training Institute
Licensed marriage and family therapist and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty trainer
Healing Developmental Trauma
Creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model© (NARM) and senior faculty member at the NARM Training Institute
Licensed marriage and family therapist and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty trainer
Licensed clinical social worker and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty member
The Art of Talking with Children: Nurturing Kindness, Creativity, and Confidence in Kids
Nationally certified speech-language pathologist in the Neurology Department of Boston Children's Hospital.
POSTPONED! The Study of Human Life
Poet, performer, and Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College
Assistant professor jointly appointed in the Department of English and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
Internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and best-selling author
Award-winning author, podcast host, professor, and licensed clinical psychologist, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations about Race and Racism
Author, preacher, speaker, teacher, and founder of "Marvelous University"
Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, Cultures of Dignity
Associate professor of educational and organizational leadership at Governors State University
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
New York Times bestselling author, autism activist, and Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University