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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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power Of Talk In A Digital Age
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT
Thirty Million Words: Building a Childs Brain
Pediatric cochlear implant surgeon and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago
Rising Strong: An Evening with Brené Brown
Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
Award-winning journalist, The Washington Post; Fellow, New America Foundation and Author
Happiness is Only the Cart: Love is the Horse– The Men of the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Director from 1970-2005 of the Grant Study of Adult Development (1938-present), Harvard University
Insight Dialogue: Deepening the Inquiry
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Insight Dialogue: Practicing Interpersonal Meditation
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Mindfulness in Relationship: The Power of the Shared Human Experience
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University
American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference
Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative