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 Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life
Award-Winning Science Journalist and Author
Never Enough: How Affective Homeostasis Creates Addiction – Marijuana and Opiates
Behavioral Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University
Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
Behavioral Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University
Reach for Greatness: Education in the Age of Smart Machines
Foundations Distinguished Professor, School of Education ,University of Kansas and Global Chair Professor of Education, East China Normal University
Gene-Environment Interplay and the Biology of Misfortune
Lisa and John Pritzker Distinguished Profesor of Developmental and Behavioral Health, University of California, San Francisco, Co-Director, Child and Brain Development Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
Lisa and John Pritzker Distinguished Profesor of Developmental and Behavioral Health, University of California, San Francisco, Co-Director, Child and Brain Development Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Professor of History and Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University Author of a dozen books
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
New York Times bestselling author and an associate professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts
The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life
Public Interest Technology Fellow at New America and Author
Freelance Content Creator and Author
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side
Poet, Visual Artist, Essayist, Author, and Assistant Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration