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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Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in the Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media
Award-winning writer and author
Speaker, educator, and author
The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
Daniel H. Renberg chair at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism
Associate Professor in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
EVENT #2: Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Clinical psychologist and author of "Good Inside"
Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
EVENT #1: Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Clinical psychologist and author of "Good Inside"
Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive
Parenting journalist and author of The Sleep-Deprived Teen
Award-winning science journalist and author who writes the weekly Well newsletter for The New York Times
The No Club: Putting an End to Women’s Dead-End Work
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh
Chief Human Resources Officer at Magnetar Capital
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Physician, trauma and addiction expert, bestselling author, and speaker
Chief Clinical Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and What Adults are Missing)
Sociologist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education
Social scientist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education
Vice President of Education Outreach and Engagement at Common Sense Media
Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides
Professor of Psychology and the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business at Stanford University
Clinical psychologist, author, and interim president of Mount Holyoke College
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
Astrophysicist, folklorist, science communicator, and author
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Ph.D.
Assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire