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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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.
Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient
Nurse and bestselling author
Physician at Bellevue Hospital and clinical professor of medicine at New York University
The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
Professor of psychology, George Mason University, and bestselling author
Director of Game Research and Development at the Institute for the Future and two-time New York Times bestselling author
Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise
Pediatric cochlear implant surgeon and founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago
Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania