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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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
GRAND ROUNDS: Reinventing the Mental Health System: Where to Repair and Where to Build
Co-founder, Mindstrong Health, and founder, Humanest Care. Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2002-2015.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health Services, UnitedHealth Group
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist and CEO and Co-Founder, Compass Health Center and Compass Virtual
Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health
Co-founder, Mindstrong Health, and founder, Humanest Care. Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2002-2015.
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist and CEO and Co-Founder, Compass Health Center and Compass Virtual
Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities
Designer, author, and educator at the d.school at Stanford University
Founder and CEO of Design for Emergence
Learning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children
Founder of Fugees Family, Inc.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Tony-nominated producer, and author of the bestseller Dear America.