Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., a FAN Event

A FAN Event

Wednesday, November 11

7 pm, New Trier High School Northfield, 7 Happ Rd.

 

The Family Awareness Network (FAN) presents  Dr. Marsha Linehan  for a talk on the subject "Balancing Acceptance and Change: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the Future of Skills Training." Dr. Linehan is the developer of DBT and founder of the Linehan Institute, which advances leading-edge behavioral technologies that make compassionate and effective treatments available to all persons with complex and severe mental disorders. She is also a professor of psychology and adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.  

Click here for the FAN website and more information.

Dr. Linehan's books, the DBT® Skills Training Manual: Second Edition and DBT® Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets: Second Edition can be ordered at the event, by calling The Book Stall at 847 446-8880, or here at the store.

Andrew Solomon

A FAN Program

Tuesday, October 20

7 pm, Cahn Auditorium, Northwestern University

600 Emerson St., Evanston

 

The Family Action Network (FAN) and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern Unversity present "An Evening with Andrew Solomon." It's the third FAN appearance in three years by Dr. Solomon, who is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology and a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Medical Center.

 

He is the author of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, as well as The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2001.

This event is free and open to the pubic. Click here for the FAN website.

Bryan Stevenson

A FAN Presentation

BRYAN STEVENSON

Monday, March 23

7 pm at Evanston Township High School

1600 Dodge Avenue

 

Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, a professor at New York University Law School, and a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's "Genius Grant," speaks on the subject of his book,  Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.

Named one of the best books of 2014 by many publications, it is an account of his coming of age as a idealistic young lawyer, a window into the lives of those he has defended, and an argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.   

Click here for more more information on Mr. Stevenson and two additional FAN follow-up panels in Evanston featuring the author on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27. All three events are free and open to the public. No registration required.

Carrie James, Ph.D.

A Family Action Network (FAN) Program

CARRIE JAMES, Ph.D.

Monday, March 16

7 pm, Misner Auditorium, Central School

620 Greenwood, Glencoe

The Family Action Network (FAN) presents sociologist Carrie James, the principal investigator at Project Zero at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, speaking on the topic of her book Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap. In it, she exams how young people and the adults in their lives think about online privacy, property, and participation dilemmas. 

Click here for the FAN website and more information about Dr. James and Project Zero, including a video of the author discussing young people's use of new digital media.

FAN notes that this program, which is free and open to the public, is also suitable for youth age 12 and up.

Ron Lieber

Two Appearances with

RON LIEBER

Monday, February 23 

12 noon Luncheon, University Club of Chicago 

7 pm, a FAN Event

 

North Shore Country Day School Auditorium

310 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka

 

Award-winning New York Times "Your Money" columnist Ron Lieber speaks about his new book, The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money. Those who attended his event at The Book Stall earlier this month can testify about how convincingly he makes the case that

building family conversations around money is one of the best ways we can teach kids great values. 

 

For reservations to the luncheon, please call The Book Stall at 847 446-8880. The FAN (Family Action Network) event is free and open to the public. Click here for a link to the FAN website's information on Ron Lieber's appearance.

Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D. (two events)

Two FAN Presentations

BRUCE PERRY, M.D., Ph.D.

Thursday, February 12 at 7 pm

Friday, February 13 at 9:30 am

Cornog Auditorium, New Trier High School

7 Happy Road, Northfield

 
The Family Action Network (FAN) hosts two programs with Dr. Bruce Perry, a Senior Fellow at The ChildTrauma Academy in Houston and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. On Thursday, Febrary 12, at 7 pm, he will speak on the topic of his book, Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential -- and Endangered, explaining how empathy develops, why it is essential for our development into healthy adults, and how it is threatened in the modern world. He will return to Cornog Auditorium on Friday, February 13, for a 9:30 am presentation on the subject "Addressing Effects of Trauma in Mental Health and Education." 

Both programs are free and open to the public. 

The Story of Aaron Swartz film

A FAN Screening of the Documentary

"The Internet's Own Boy:
The Story of Aaron Swartz"

Sunday, January 25

1 pm, Gaffney Auditorium, New Trier High School

385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka

The Family Action Network hosts a film screening of "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz," about the astonishing life and tragic suicide of Highland Park native Aaron Swartz (1986-2013), who was a computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and activist widely regarded as one of the Internet's most accomplished and brilliant innovators. 

Participating in a post-screening program and Q&A are Brian Knappenberger, the film's writer, director, and producer; Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard Law School professor; and Aaron Swartz's father Robert Swartz.  

Click here for much more information and a trailer for the film. This event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Claude Steele at a FAN event

A Family Action Network (FAN) Program

Dr. CLAUDE STEELE

Monday, December 8

     7 pm, Evanston Township High School Auditorium

1600 Dodge Ave. Evanston

Acclaimed social psychologist Dr. Claude Steele, a Vice Chancellor and Provost of the University of California at Berkeley, speaks on the subject of his book Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. Also chosen as the 2014-15 "One Book One Northwestern University" selection, the book centers around his groundbreaking research on group identity and the ways in which stereotypes can undermine the performance of the people they target. 

Note: Dr. Steele will also present two follow-up workshops, titled "Identity as a Bridge Between Us," on Tuesday, December 9, at the Evanston Public Library: one workshop from 9-10:30 am and another from 7-8:30 pm. All programs are free and open to the public, but an RSVP for either workshop is required by clicking here.

For more information, click here for the FAN website.

William Deresiewicz: A FAN Program

A Family Action Network Program

WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ

      Friday, November 14

       7 pm, Cornog Auditorium, New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, 7 Happ Road

 

 

Hear William Deresiewicz--essayist, critic, and frequent speaker on college campuses--talk about his much-discussed new book, Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. It's described as a manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite universities should be--but are not--providing.

Click here for the book's website and a trailer of the author introducing his book, and here for more information on the FAN website. This event is free and open to the public.

Andrew Solomon tonight

A Family Action Network (FAN) Program ANDREW SOLOMON Thursday, October 23 7 pm, Gaffney Auditorium, New Trier High School 385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka

Bestselling author and lecturer Andrew Solomon returns to Winnetka, where last year he gave one of the most astonishing presentations in FAN history. This evening's program centers on the subject of his 2011 National Book Award-winning memoir, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. The title of this FAN presentation, "Hope, Too, Is a Thing with Feathers," is a riff on the title of an Emily Dickinson poem, and it is Dr. Solomon's intent to illuminate how the experience of depression, suffering and loneliness is the source of penetrating insight, and of hope.  Click here for the FAN website and much more information on Dr. Solomon and his work. This event is free and open to the public. A reminder that The Book Stall offers a 5% in-store discount off of titles featured at an upcoming FAN lecture.

FAN Program: Jennifer Senior

The Season-Opening FAN Program

JENNIFER SENIOR

Friday, September 19

Cornog Auditorium, New Trier High School Northfield

7 Happ Rd., Northfield

The Family Action Network (FAN) launches its new school year of programs with New York-based journalist Jennifer Senior talking about All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, her book which debuted at #6 on the New York Times bestseller list when it first appeared earlier this year. In it, she reconsiders some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood and illuminates the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to their parents' lives.

This event is free and open to the public. And remember: The Book Stall offers an in-store discount of 5% off of books featured at upcoming FAN lectures.

Dr. Temple Grandin on "The Autistic Brain"

Two Opportunities to Hear

TEMPLE GRANDIN

Wednesday, May 21

          4 pm, New Trier High School, Gaffney Auditorium

386 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka

7:30 pm, Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena 

2705 Ashland Ave., Evanston

The Family Action Network (FAN) hosts two events with Dr. Temple Grandin, described as the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world (due in part to the Emmy-winning 2010 HBO docudrama based on her life).

At a 4 pm educator-focused program at New Trier High School's Winnetka campus, Dr. Grandin will speak on the topic "Autism and My Sensory-Based World." The subject of her 7:30 pm talk for the general public, held at the Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, is "Different Kinds of Minds." She will be joined by her mother Eustacia Cutler, who will take the floor first with a talk about raising Dr. Grandin. Molly Losh, Ph.D., Principal Investigator of the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Laboratory at Northwestern University will pose questions to both women at the conclusion of their presentations.

Both events are free and open to the public. All seating is first-come, first-served. In order to plan appropriately, registration for the evening program is requested by clicking here. 

Dr. Grandin is author of the major bestseller The Austic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed, brand new in paperback.

A Fan Presentation: Sian Beilock, PhD

A FAN Presentation

SIAN BEILOCK, PhD

        Tuesday, February 18

     7 pm, Cornog Auditorium, New Trier High School, Northfield Campus, 7 Happ Road 

University of Chicago psychology professor Sian Beilock, PhD, is the featured speaker at a Family Action Network (FAN) program titled "Performing at Your Best Under Stress." Her talk will be based on her bestselling book Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To, explaining the links between body and mind and the key to performing well when everything is on the line. 

 

Free and open to the public. For more information, click here to reach the FAN website and here for an interview about the book with Canadian TV journalist Steve Paikin on TVOntario.

FAN Presents .... Susan Cain, Jan. 31, 2013

FAN Presents...

SUSAN CAIN

Thursday, January 31

6:30 - 8 pm, Regina Dominican High School

701 Locust Road, Wilmette

  

The Family Action Network (FAN)  continues its outstanding speaker series with Susan Cain, whose talk is titled "Quiet: How to Harness the Strengths of Introverts to Change How We Work, Lead, and Innovate." Her subject draws from her bestselling book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking,

brand new in paperback. It draws on research in psychology and neuroscience and reveals how dramatically introverts are undervalued and how much is lost in doing so. The book introduces successful introverts and offers advice on negotiating differences in introvert-extrovert relationships and how to empower an introverted child.  Quiet was found at the top of nearly every list of best nonfiction books of the year 2012.

Click here to reach the author's website and her posting on "Three Inspiring Introverts from 2012."
(Spoiler alert: one of them is Meryl Streep.)

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see familyactionnetwork.net.