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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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
Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
Sociologist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education
The Test: What Do Students Need To Succeed and How Do We Know What Works?
Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute
The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing, But You Don’t Have To Be
Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money
"Your Money" Columnist for The New York Times
Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential, and Endangered
Senior Fellow, The Child Trauma Academy, Houston; Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Fienberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Author, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Born for Love
The Mask You Live In
Filmmaker, Advocate, and Non-profit Founder, The Representation Project