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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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power Of Talk In A Digital Age
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT Founder and Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Author,
Thirty Million Words: Building a Childs Brain
Founder and Director, Thirty Million Words Initiative Director, Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital
Rising Strong: An Evening with Brené Brown
Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
Award-winning journalist, The Washington Post; Fellow, New America Foundation and Author
Happiness is Only the Cart: Love is the Horse– The Men of the Harvard Grant Study of Adult Development
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Director from 1970-2005 of the Grant Study of Adult Development (1938-present), Harvard University
Insight Dialogue: Deepening the Inquiry – A Two-Day Non-Residential Retreat
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Insight Dialogue: Practicing Interpersonal Meditation – A One-Day Retreat
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Mindfulness in Relationship: The Power of the Shared Human Experience
Founder and Guiding Teacher, Metta Programs, Developer of the Insight Dialogue meditation practice
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times