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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America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Ph.D.

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University

Imani Perry, JD, Ph.D.

Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

May 14 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

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

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Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better

David Epstein

Science writer and best-selling author

Megan Twohey

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times

May 15 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Evanston Township High School Auditorium

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

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Post-event reception in ETHS’s Alumni Hall, open to all.

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Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It

Claude M. Steele, Ph.D.

Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Stanford University

Marcus Campbell, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL

May 18 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Evanston Township High School Auditorium

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

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A Little More Social: How Small Choices Create Unexpected Happiness, Health, and Connection

Nicholas Epley, Ph.D.

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

David Brooks

Staff writer for The Atlantic and the inaugural Senior Presidential Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs

May 21 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

ON ZOOM

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Past Events

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw Beth E. Richie, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice and Black Studies and the Inaugural Chair in Social Sciences and the Humanities at The University of Illinois at Chicago

May 8 2026

Backtalker: An American Memoir