Upcoming Events
Family Action Network events are always free and open to the public.
No tickets, no admission charges, no RSVPs — no barriers! Seating is first-come, first-served (though we save a few for our volunteers and sponsors, of course). Events featuring nationally-renowned speakers often get crowded, so we recommend that you arrive early to get your preferred seat.
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Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Emily Bazelon
Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine, Truman Capote fellow for Creative Writing and Law and Lecturer at Yale Law School
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
Interview by Maria Hawilo, JD, Distinguished Professor in Residence, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Grand Rounds: Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Founding director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and professor, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine.
New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, Cornog Auditorium
Grand Rounds for clinicians, 1.5 CEU hours available. http://www.bit.ly/BrackettFAN
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Founding director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and professor, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine.
New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, Cornog Auditorium
The Water Dancer: An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
National Book Award-winning author of We Were Eight Years in Power, Between the World and Me, and The Water Dancer.
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
Interview by Hanif Abdurraqib, poet, essayist, and cultural critic
Past Events
Bestselling author of How Children Succeed, Helping Children Succeed, and the forthcoming The Years That Matter Most
The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us
Bestselling author of How Children Succeed, Helping Children Succeed, and the forthcoming The Years That Matter Most