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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Run: Book One – A Conversation with Andrew Aydin
National Book Award winner and co-author, with Rep. John Lewis, of the "March" graphic novel trilogy.
Author and poet
Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
Author of seven New York Times bestsellers and the presenter of two prime-time series on PBS
Senior rabbi, Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL
Letters to My White Male Friends: A Conversation with Dax-Devlon Ross, J.D.
Author and principal at the social impact consultancies Dax-Dev and Third Settlements.
Assistant Superintendent/Principal, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair of African American Studies, Emory University
Professor of History, Boston College
Hunt, Gather, Parent: Raising Happy, Healthy, Little Humans
Author and global health correspondent, NPR Science Desk
Creative director at Parent Nation at the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Life as a QuaranTEEN: Youth Mental Health Post-Pandemic
Psychologist, author, New York Times columnist, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host
Chair, Mental Health Working Group of the city of Chicago’s Mayor’s Youth Commission
Vice-Chair, Mental Health Working Group of the city of Chicago’s Mayor’s Youth Commission
Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Award-winning author, motivational speaker, and criminal justice reform advocate
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
National correspondent for Time magazine
Chicago-based campaign operative and Brandeis University student
The Montessori Baby: Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding
Author, blogger, podcast host, and directress of Jacaranda Tree Montessori in Amsterdam.
Founder and head of school, Fruitful Orchard Montessori, Abuja, Nigeria. Co-author, "The Montessori Baby."
Head of School, Chiaravalle Montessori in Evanston, IL
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
New York Times bestselling author, host and co-creator of the Emmy-winning PBS/BBC series How We Got to Now, and host of the podcast American Innovations.
Board-certified preventive medicine physician, staff writer at The Atlantic, and lecturer at Yale School of Public Health.