Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.

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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power Of Talk In A Digital Age

Sherry Turkle, Ph.D.

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT

Oct 9 2015
Two Events

Thirty Million Words: Building a Childs Brain

Dana Suskind, M.D.

Pediatric cochlear implant surgeon and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago

Sep 17 2015

Rising Strong: An Evening with Brené Brown

Brené Brown, Ph.D., LCSW

Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston

Sep 3 2015

Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

Brigid Schulte

Award-winning journalist, The Washington Post; Fellow, New America Foundation and Author

May 11 2015
Two Events

Happiness is Only the Cart: Love is the Horse– The Men of the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development

George E. Vaillant, M.D.

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

May 5 2015
2-Day Retreat

Insight Dialogue: Deepening the Inquiry

Gregory Kramer, Ph.D.

Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice

Apr 25 2015
1-Day Retreat

Insight Dialogue: Practicing Interpersonal Meditation

Gregory Kramer, Ph.D.

Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice

Apr 24 2015

Mindfulness in Relationship: The Power of the Shared Human Experience

Gregory Kramer, Ph.D.

Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice

Apr 23 2015

Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

Frank Bruni

Journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University

Apr 9 2015

American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference

Bryan Stevenson

Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative

Mar 23 2015