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 Way of Play: Using Little Moments of Big Connection to Raise Calm and Confident Kids
Psychotherapist, bestselling author, founder and executive director of The Center for Connection, and co-founder of The Play Strong Institute
Nationally recognized play therapy expert and co-founder and head of faculty for the Play Strong Institute
Executive Director of The Alliance for Early Childhood
Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I’d Known About Menopause
Academy Award-nominated actor and founder and chief creative officer of Stripes Beauty
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes
Associate Professor at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business
Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan
Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University
The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better
Award-winning journalist, writer of the “How to Be Brave” Substack newsletter, and host of the LearnIt podcast.
Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and adjunct professor at Georgetown University
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist.and New York Times bestselling author
Microaggressions in Medicine
Professor of Philosophy at University of Louisville and Director of the M.A. in Applied Philosophy
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University
Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University
The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Racial Equity and Diversity Lab at Tufts University
The Miraculous from the Material: Understanding the Wonders of Nature
Professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT and author of seven novels
Professor of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Faculty Director of the Greater Good Science Center, and bestselling author
Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm
Six-time NBA All-Star and two-time gold medalist for the United States Men’s Basketball Team
New York Times bestselling poet, essayist, and cultural critic