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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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
The Work: My Search for a Life that Matters
Bestselling Author, Army Combat Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, and Chief Executive Officer of Robin Hood
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Stanford University
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Bestselling Author, The New York Times, Critic and College Speaker
Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Temple University
The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Ph.D.
Emily Hargroves Professor of Education, Harvard University