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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Validation: Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life
Licensed Psychologist, Author, and Corporate Consultant
Vice President, Creative Strategy, Innovation, and Business Development at The Second City
Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life
Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bentley University
Senior Vice President, Government Relations, American Mathematical Society
The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups
Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation at University College London's School of Management
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School
Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef
World-renowned Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction
Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute and bestselling author
Chief Strategist at the Area9 Group
Historian, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder and Co-Lead of History Co:Lab
Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People
Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin
James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author
Journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University
Summer Hiatus 2025!
Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Writer, cultural organizer, and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago
National Book Award-winning author and MacArthur Fellow