Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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The Price You Pay for College
"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times
Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Concrete Rose: A Conversation with Angie Thomas
Award-winning author
Assistant Superintendent/Principal, Evanston Township High School
Actor and narrator
The Marriage of Words and Pictures
Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Award-winning bestselling author of numerous books for children and young adults
Award-winning children's book illustrator
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
Writer and essayist
"Balancing Act" columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
National reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Deputy chief of U.S. news, The Wall Street Journal
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
Principal at Black Futures Lab and author of "The Purpose of Power"
Founder and CEO, Chicago Beyond
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
Journalist and author
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents
Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, Cultures of Dignity
Co-Founder and CEO, Cultures of Dignity
Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
Founders, CreativeSoul Photography
Journalist and author
Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care; Estelle and Edgar Levi Memorial Chair in Aging; Director of the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging; Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at UC San Diego; Co-Director of the UCSD-IBM Center on Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living
Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology and Director/Founder of the Center for Practical Wisdom, The University of Chicago