NAMI CCNS NAMI Walks

Gallery Park 2412 W Lake Ave, Glenview

Join NAMI CCNS on September 28, 2024, at Gallery Park in Glenview for their annual walk to raise awareness and funds for mental health programs in our community!   Learn more here: https://www.namiwalks.org/event/ccns

[FAN] Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net Jessica Calarco, Ph.D

Zoom

Monday, September 30, 2024, 7:00 PM, Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net, a FAN webinar featuring Jessica Calarco, Ph.D. in conversation with Heidi Stevens. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/CalarcoFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Holding It Together from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event […]

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[FAN] Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts Oliver Burkeman

Zoom

Monday, October 7, 2024, 7:00 PM, Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts, a FAN webinar featuring Oliver Burkeman in conversation with Daniel Pink (FAN ’18, ’22). REGISTER: www.bit.ly/BurkemanFANWebinar BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away hundreds of copies of Meditations for Mortals to randomly selected Zoom […]

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[FAN] Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future

Zoom

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:00 PM, Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future, a FAN webinar featuring Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley in conversation with Liz Gerber, Ph.D. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/CCSDFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Assembling Tomorrow from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an […]

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Cook County United Against Hate and The Glenview Public Library: Waking In Oak Creek

Glenview Public Library 1930 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL

Cook County United Against Hate and The Glenview Public Library are sponsoring a screening and discussion of the documentary Waking In Oak Creek on October 15th.  "As the Sikh community in Oak Creek, Wisconsin prepares for Sunday prayers, a deadly hate attack shatters their lives, but not their resilience." All are welcome. Waking in Oak […]

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[FAN] Leaders as Futurists: Cultivating Civic Imagination for a Dynamic World Lisa Kay Solomon

Zoom

Thursday, October 17, 2024, 7:00 PM, Leaders as Futurists: Cultivating Civic Imagination for a Dynamic World, a FAN webinar featuring Lisa Kay Solomon in conversation with Liz Gerber, Ph.D. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/LKSolomonFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Webinar attendees are invited to join a free “Ask Me Anything” AFTERHOURS event hosted by Solomon and Gerber that will start […]

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[FAN] Twenty-Four Seconds from Now … An Evening with Jason Reynolds

Evanston Township High School Auditorium 1600 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL

Friday, October 18, 2024, 7:00 PM, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now: An Evening with Jason Reynolds, Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Door 6, Evanston, IL 60201. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY of Twenty-Four Seconds from Now at the event, while supplies last. No registration required. “Reynolds astounds in a sweetly hilarious story of two Black […]

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[FAN] Polostan: An Evening with Neal Stephenson

The Book Stall 811 Elm St., Winnetka, IL

Monday, October 21, 2024, 7:00 PM, Polostan: An Evening with Neal Stephenson, The Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka, IL 60093. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY of Polostan at the event. SPACE IS LIMITED -- REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://bit.ly/StephensonFANEvent The #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirteen previous critically acclaimed works of fiction, including Termination Shock and […]

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[FAN] The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World Allison Pugh, Ph.D.

Latin School of Chicago 59 W. North Blvd, Chicago, IL

Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7:00 PM, The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, Latin School of Chicago, Wrigley Theatre, 59 W. North Blvd., Chicago, IL 60610. No registration required. Book sale and signing at the event. “Digital systems are rapidly replacing human beings because, we are told, they are more […]

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[FAN] How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It) Lindsey Cormack, Ph.D.

Zoom

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7:00 PM, How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It's Up to You to Do It), a FAN webinar featuring Lindsey Cormack, Ph.D. in conversation with Heidi Stevens. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/CormackFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of How to Raise a Citizen from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall […]

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[FAN] Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Glory Edim

Zoom

Friday, November 1, 2024, 7:00 PM, Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me, a FAN webinar featuring Glory Edim in conversation with Natalie Y. Moore. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/EdimFANWebinar BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Gather Me to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. “She […]

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