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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Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Author and writer
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
Licensed therapist and New York Times bestselling author
Three-time New York Times bestselling author, speaker, podcast host, and multimedia entrepreneur
GRAND ROUNDS: No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness
Creator of the Internal Family Systems therapeutic model and author of five books
Chief Clinical Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
You Marvelous, Multipart You: An Introduction to Internal Family Systems
Creator of the Internal Family Systems therapeutic model and author of five books
Licensed therapist and founder of Black Therapists Rock
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Event 2 of 2)
Psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Event 1 of 2)
Psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host
Sink: A Coming-of-Age Memoir
Award-winning author of the coming-of-age memoir "Sink"
Poet, author, and executive director of Kundiman
Understanding and Treating School Anxiety and Refusal
Director of the Young Adult Mood and Anxiety Program at Compass Health Center/Northbrook
Director of the Child Mood and Anxiety Program at Compass Health Center
Associate director of child programming at Compass Health Center/Northbrook
Gun Safety in Our Communities
Founder, Moms Demand Action
State Chapter Co-Leader for Moms Demand Action in Illinois and a Fellow with the Everytown Survivor Network
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
A Place Called Home: A Memoir of Deprivation and Hope
Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon and Author
Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services