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

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ZOOM EVENT!

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes

Sunita Sah, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

Jan 27 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground

Kurt Gray, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Paul Bloom, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University

Jan 23 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better

Jenny Anderson

Award-winning journalist, writer of the “How to Be Brave” Substack newsletter, and host of the LearnIt podcast.

Rebecca Winthrop, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and adjunct professor at Georgetown University

Charles Duhigg

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist.and New York Times bestselling author

Jan 16 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Microaggressions in Medicine

Lauren Freeman, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy at University of Louisville and Director of the M.A. in Applied Philosophy

Heather Stewart, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University

Yolonda Wilson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University

Jan 14 2025
ZOOM EVENT! BOGO!

The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions

Michael Norton, Ph.D.

Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Sam Sommers, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Racial Equity and Diversity Lab at Tufts University

Dec 4 2024
ZOOM EVENT!

The Miraculous from the Material: Understanding the Wonders of Nature

Alan Lightman, Ph.D.

Professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT and author of seven novels

Dacher Keltner, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Faculty Director of the Greater Good Science Center, and bestselling author

Dec 3 2024
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Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm

DeMar DeRozan

Six-time NBA All-Star and two-time gold medalist for the United States Men’s Basketball Team

Hanif Abdurraqib

New York Times bestselling poet, essayist, and cultural critic

Nov 19 2024
ZOOM EVENT!

You Are Not Alone for Parents and Caregivers: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Your Child’s Mental Health

Christine M. Crawford, MD, MPH

Associate Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Tramaine Presley, Psy.D., LCPC, LMHC

Director of Child, Adolescent, and Family Services at The Family Institute at Northwestern University

Nov 18 2024
ZOOM EVENT!

Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation

Tom McGrath

Award-winning journalist and author

Rachel Slade

Award-winning journalist and author

Nov 12 2024