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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Unprotected: An Evening with Billy Porter
Award-winning actor, singer, director, composer, playwright, and author
Mixed-media documentarian, journalist, and educator
American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020
Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist on politics and domestic and foreign affairs for The Washington Post
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, New Trier High School D203, Winnetka, IL
An Ordinary Age: Finding Your Way in a World That Expects Exceptional
Writer, essayist, and author
New Trier High School Class of '22
The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for An Inspired Life
Professor in the clinical psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University
Author, essayist, and professor emeritus of religion at Middlebury College
Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Award-winning journalist and author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
Journalist and author
Staff writer for The Atlantic and author, The State Must Provide
Music Is History: An Evening with Questlove
Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and member of The Roots
Poet, essayist, and cultural critic
Baby, Unplugged: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age
Writer, reporter, editor, and author of Baby Unplugged
Head of Lake Forest Country Day School
Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers
Author and Professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times
Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress
Licensed marriage and family therapist and author
Comedian, filmmaker, and mental health advocate