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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Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Award-winning journalist and author
Creative director at Parent Nation at 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 music 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
Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways
Executive Director, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University
Professor at Northwestern University, co-director of Northwestern’s Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design, and faculty founder of Design for America
What Do You Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home
Clinical Neuropsychologist and Founder, The Stixrud Group
Author, Speaker, and Founder, PrepMatters
Think Talk Create: Building Workplaces Fit for Humans
Co-founder, Strategy of Mind
Co-founder, Strategy of Mind
Chris P. Dialynas Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
Senior Washington correspondent at The Independent and author of We’re Not Broken
Award-winning science writer and author, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity