Upcoming Events
Family Action Network events are always free and open to the public.
Welcome to our 2025-2026 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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The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports
Nicholas Thompson
CEO of The Atlantic
David Epstein
Science writer and best-selling author
ON ZOOM
“Hold These Truths”: A Table Reading
Joel de la Fuente
Award-winning stage and screen actor
Jeanne Sakata
Award-winning actor and playwright
Lisa Doi, Ph.D.
Assistant curator and project manager at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles
North Shore Country Day Auditorium
Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kids
Meredith Elkins, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, faculty member of Harvard Medical School, and co–program director, McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, McLean Hospital
Rebecca Jenkins
Superintendent of Libertyville School District 70 in Libertyville, IL
ON ZOOM
Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose (Event 1 of 2)
Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author
Robert Waldinger, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, co-director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, and co-founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation
ON ZOOM
Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose (Event 2 of 2)
Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author
Kelly Corrigan
NYT bestselling author and host of PBS' Tell Me More and the podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders
ON ZOOM
Past Events
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Wiser Guy: Life-Changing Revelations and Revisions from Tech’s Chief Evangelist
Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New York Times Magazine