Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
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The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World
President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University and Faculty Director of the Office Community Education Partnerships
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Board chair, Color of Change, and author, "The Sum of Us"
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University
Writer and social entrepreneur
Social studies teacher, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs
Senior editor and correspondent at Newsweek
Author and Clinical Professor of Fiction at New York University
Unsolaced: Along the Way to All That Is
Award-winning writer, poet, and essayist
Writer and educator
Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis
Journalist and author
Author and Founder of the Bold Voice Collaborative
Craft: An American History
Craft historian and curator
Founder, Norman Teague Design Studio
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
Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL
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