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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Revisiting the Undergroud Railroad
Author of The Underground Railroad, winner of Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Carnegie Medal for Fiction, and a #1 New York Times Bestseller
Scaling the Empathy Wall: Listening with Curiosity and Interest
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Change Your Mind: Introduction to Mindfulness Practice
Director, Mindfulness and Behavior Therapies Program, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Member, Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group Author
Becoming a Values-Based Leader
Executive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners and Clinical Professor of Management and Leadership at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Late Specialization: The Surprising Key to Athletic Success
Author, "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" and "The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance"
Being A Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Principal Investigator, Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab, Barnard College