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

Welcome to our 2026-2027 season!

We will be hosting both Zoom and in-person programs this season.

Note that  REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for our Zoom webinars.

 

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ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

AI and Political Freedom: The Risk to Democracy and How to Respond

Matthew Botvinick, MD, JD, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow at Yale Law School and a member of the technical staff at Anthropic

Andrew Sorota

Head of Research at the Office of Eric Schmidt

Nov 10 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

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ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

Kevin Roose

Contributing writer at The Atlantic and co-host of the Machine Gods podcast

Kelly Leonard

Vice President, Creative Strategy, Innovation, and Business Development at The Second City

Nov 12 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

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IN-PERSON! BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Getting In Is Not Enough: The Real Skills Students Need for Life

Ana Homayoun

Founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting and founder and executive director of Luminaria Learning Solutions

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Nov 17 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Regina Dominican High School, O'Shaughnessy Theater

Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Past Events

IN-PERSON! BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Sherry Turkle, Ph.D. Alison Flowers

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in Chicago and the founder of Spiralbound

Oct 28 2026

Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines

ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY
Angela Duckworth, Ph.D. Nicholas Epley, Ph.D.

John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Oct 22 2026

Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best