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SUMMARY:[FAN] Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 11\, 2026\, 7:00 PM CT\, Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want\, a FAN webinar featuring Judd Kessler\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Corinne Low\, Ph.D. (FAN ’25). \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/KesslerFANWebinar \nBonus Book Giveaway: FAN is giving away copies of Lucky by Design to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \n“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity\,” Seneca\, the ancient Roman philosopher\, once said. For many of us\, luck feels like pure chance—the result of outcomes blindly doled out by the universe. A coworker scores coveted World Series tickets; a friend finds the love of their life on Tinder; a neighbor’s child gets into the best preschool in town. But what if Seneca was right—and luck is more than chance? What if there are hidden markets all around us—ones we navigate every day in work\, education\, and life— that dictate who gets what? And what if it’s possible to learn how to sway the odds in our favor? \nAccording to Wharton economist and market designer Judd Kessler\, Ph.D.\, we do have the power to make our own luck. In Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want\, Kessler pulls back the curtain on the hidden markets we routinely encounter\, explaining the rules by which they operate and how to make choices that lead to better outcomes. In familiar markets—such as the stock market or your local farmer’s market—what we get depends on how much we’re willing to pay. Hidden markets don’t rely on prices; instead\, they follow a different set of rules\, and you can’t simply buy your way into a better position. \nKessler shows that the world doesn’t have to work this way. By revealing how hidden markets function and where we go wrong\, he offers practical insight into making smarter choices when money\, merit\, and timing aren’t what determine the outcome. \nKessler is the inaugural Howard Marks Endowed Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. His research and writing have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Scientific American\, Harvard Business Review\, Politico\, NPR\, Hidden Brain\, Freakonomics\, and more. \nKessler will be in conversation with Corinne Low\, Ph.D. (FAN ’25)\, associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Low is the author of the 2025 book Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Avery Coonley School\, Bennett Day School\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Compass Health Center\, Countryside Day School\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Psychgeist Media\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, Township High School D214\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette Public Library\, Woodlands Academy\, Youth & Opportunity United.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-lucky-by-design-the-hidden-economics-you-need-to-get-more-of-what-you-want/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 29\, 2026 | 7:00 PM CT Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose A FAN webinar featuring Jennifer Breheny Wallace\, in conversation with Kelly Corrigan \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/JWKCFANWebinar \nBonus Book Giveaway: FAN is giving away copies of Mattering to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nIn her groundbreaking new book Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose\, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Jennifer Breheny Wallace (FAN ’23) argues that mattering—the feeling that we are valued and have the chance to add value—is a core human need\, as essential to our well-being as food and water. Yet in today’s world\, that need is increasingly unmet\, with serious consequences. As mental and social health crises surge\, we often point to social media\, the pace of modern life\, or polarizing politics. Wallace reveals a deeper\, more fundamental problem: what she calls “an erosion of mattering.” \nDrawing on rigorous research and deeply moving stories\, Wallace explores what happens when people lose—and regain—the sense that they matter. From burned-out employees and overwhelmed caregivers to those navigating grief or major life transitions\, Mattering shows how lives are transformed when we are reminded\, in small but intentional ways\, that we are seen\, valued\, and needed. Wallace identifies the essential components of what she calls a “mattering core”: recognizing your impact\, being relied on (but not too much)\, feeling prioritized\, and being truly known and invested in. \nBoth a diagnosis and a remedy\, Mattering offers a clear call to action along with a practical blueprint for change. With accessible insights and actionable takeaways\, Wallace shows how to strengthen our own sense of mattering—and how to build cultures of mattering in our homes\, workplaces\, and communities—at a moment when it has never been more urgent. \nWallace will be in conversation with Kelly Corrigan\, author of four New York Times bestselling memoirs about family life: The Middle Place\, Glitter and Glue\, Lift and Tell Me More. She is the host of PBS’ Tell Me More and the top 1% podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood\, The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Chiaravalle Montessori School\, Compass Health Center\, Countryside Day School\, The Cove School\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, Foundation 65\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic HS\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, Magnetar Capital\, Near North Montessori School\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Regina Dominican HS\, Resurrection College Prep HS\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Sacred Heart Schools\, St. Bernard’s School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson HS D125\, Township HS D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette D39\, Wilmette Public Library\, Winnetka D36\, Wolcott College Prep\, Woodlands Academy\, Youth & Opportunity United.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-mattering-the-secret-to-a-life-of-deep-connection-and-purpose/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kid
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 22\, 2026 | 7:00 PM CT Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kids A FAN webinar featuring Meredith Elkins\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Rebecca Jenkins \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/ElkinsFANWebinar \nBonus After-Hours Event: FAN donors are invited to attend a private After-Hours event hosted by Elkins that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nParenting is hard—especially for families navigating anxiety. Today’s parents face an overwhelming volume of advice shaped by rigid cultural ideals of what “good” parenting looks like\, particularly when it comes to managing children’s fears and worries. How do you raise resilient children in an age of uncertainty? How do you parent effectively when you yourself are anxious? \nMuch of the advice parents encounter\, unfortunately\, encourages responses that can increase the long-term risk of anxiety in children. In trying to protect kids from discomfort\, well-intentioned parents may block experiences children need to build courage\, confidence\, and resilience. \nIn her new book Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kids\, Meredith Elkins\, Ph.D.\, a clinical psychologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical School\, brings clarity to this increasingly urgent conversation. Drawing on her clinical work with children and families—and her own experience as a parent—Dr. Elkins helps parents rethink so-called “negative” emotions such as fear\, sadness\, and guilt\, and understand how modern parenting pressures contribute to anxiety in both children and adults. She encourages families to clarify their values and adopt a “love and limits” approach—balancing compassion with healthy boundaries while resisting the urge to shield children from every discomfort. \nDr. Elkins offers concrete\, evidence-based guidance for families experiencing everyday anxiety as well as those coping with anxiety disorders. This indispensable resource provides a clear roadmap for helping both children and parents build adaptability\, emotional flexibility\, and resilience across all stages of development. \nDr. Elkins will be in conversation with Rebecca Jenkins\, superintendent of Libertyville D70 in Libertyville\, IL.  Jenkins has presented about leadership at the National Conference on Education by the American Association of School Administrators\, the award-winning PowerTrip conference for women in education; at the Illinois Association for Superintendents; and with Google at the ASU+GSV summit\, a global meeting for leaders in education\, technology\, and workforce development. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood\, The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Barrington D220\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Chiaravalle Montessori School\, Compass Health Center\, Countryside Day School\, The Cove School\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, Foundation 65\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community HS D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic HS\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, Near North Montessori School\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Regina Dominican HS\, Resurrection College Prep HS\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Sacred Heart Schools\, St. Bernard’s School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson HS D125\, Township HS D113\, Township HS D214\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette D39\, Wilmette Public Library\, Winnetka D36\, Wolcott College Prep\, Woodlands Academy\, Youth & Opportunity United.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-parenting-anxiety-breaking-the-cycle-of-worry-and-raising-resilient-kid/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Anxiety,Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event,Parenting
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SUMMARY:[FAN] "Hold These Truths": A Table Reading
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 21\, 2026\, 7:00\, Hold These Truths: A Table Reading\, North Shore Country Day Auditorium\, 310 Green Bay Rd.\, Winnetka\, IL 60093.  \nNO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. \nInspired by the true story of University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi\, the acclaimed play Hold These Truths follows his principled resistance to the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly remove and incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. \nHirabayashi openly defied the relocation and internment orders\, refusing to report for evacuation to an internment camp. Instead\, he turned himself in to the FBI to assert his belief that these policies were racially discriminatory. He was subsequently convicted by a U.S. federal district court in Seattle of defying the exclusion order and violating curfew. Hirabayashi appealed his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court\, which ruled against him in 1943. Following World War II and his imprisonment\, he earned a doctoral degree in sociology and became a professor. In 1987\, his conviction was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. \nWritten by award-winning actor and playwright Jeanne Sakata\, the celebrated solo work Hold These Truths premiered in New York in 2012 and has since been produced dozens of times nationwide\, earning rave reviews from The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, and other AP critics. \nFor this event\, award-winning stage and screen actor Joel de la Fuente will present a table reading of the play\, reprising his role as Gordon Hirabayashi and 36 other characters. De la Fuente spent 10 years touring Hold These Truths to critical acclaim while also starring as Chief Inspector Kido in Amazon Prime’s most watched series of its era\, The Man in the High Castle\, and as Dr. Johann Pryce in Netflix’s Emmy Award–winning Hemlock Grove. \nFollowing the reading\, de la Fuente will be joined onstage by Sakata for a moderated Q&A with Lisa Doi\, Ph.D.\, assistant curator and project manager at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Both de la Fuente and Doi are North Shore Country Day alums. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will not be recorded or live streamed. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Compass Health Center\, Connections for the Homeless\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette Public Library\, Woodlands Academy.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-hold-these-truths-a-table-reading/
LOCATION:North Shore Country Day School\, 310 Green Bay Rd\, Winnetka\, 60093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] The Running Ground: A Father\, a Son\, and the Simplest of Sports
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, January 12\, 2026\, 7:00 PM CT\, The Running Ground: A Father\, a Son\, and the Simplest of Sports\, a FAN webinar featuring Nicholas Thompson\, in conversation with David Epstein (FAN ’16\, ’20). \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/NTFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of The Running Ground to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nFor Nicholas Thompson\, author of the new book The Running Ground: A Father\, a Son\, and the Simplest of Sports\, running has always been about something more than putting one foot in front of another. He ran his first mile at age five\, using it to connect with his father as his family fell apart. As a young man\, it was a sport that transformed\, and then shook\, his sense of self-worth. In his 30s\, it was a way of coping with a profound medical scare. \nBy his early 40s\, Thompson had many accomplishments. He was the editor in chief of a major magazine; a devoted husband and father; and a passionate runner. But he was haunted by the recent death of his brilliant\, complicated father and the crack-up that derailed his father’s life. Had the intensity and ambition he’d inherited made a personal crisis inevitable for him as well? \nThen a chance offer gave him the opportunity to train for the Chicago Marathon with elite coaches. Giving himself over to the sport more fully than ever before\, he discovered that aging didn’t necessarily put you on an unbroken trajectory of decline. For seven years after his father died\, Thompson transforms his body to perform at its highest capacity\, and the profound discipline and awareness he builds along the way changes every aspect of his life. Throughout the narrative\, he weaves in stories of remarkable men and women who have used the sport to transcend some of the hardest moments in life. \nThe Running Ground is a story about fathers\, sons\, and the most basic and most beautiful of sports. \nThompson is the CEO of The Atlantic\, a position he has held since 2021. He was previously the editor-in-chief of WIRED and the editor of NewYorker.com. He films a daily video on tech policy for LinkedIn and has roughly two million followers across social media platforms. He writes a monthly newsletter\, The Most Interesting Reads\, which currently has about 500\,000 readers\, about the best things he has read recently. \nThompson has long been a competitive runner; in 2021\, he set the American record for men 45+ in the 50K race. \nThompson will be in conversation with David Epstein (FAN ’16\, ’20)\, a science writer and author of the New York Times bestsellers Range and The Sports Gene. His forthcoming book\, Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better\, will be published in May 2026. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Compass Health Center\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community High School D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Psychgeist Media\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette Public Library\, Woodlands Academy.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-the-running-ground-a-father-a-son-and-the-simplest-of-sports/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Wiser Guy: Life-Changing Revelations and Revisions from Tech's Chief Evangelist
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 4\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Wiser Guy: Life-Changing Revelations and Revisions from Tech’s Chief Evangelist\, a FAN webinar featuring Guy Kawasaki in conversation with Heidi Stevens. \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/KawasakiFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: FAN donors are invited to attend a private AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Kawasaki and Stevens that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nWiser Guy: Life-Changing Revelations and Revisions from Tech’s Chief Evangelist is Guy Kawasaki’s dynamic update of Wise Guy\, delivering a fresh collection of stories that combine humor\, humility\, and the wisdom gained from five more years of life―and 250 episodes of the Remarkable People podcast. \nThis new edition reflects Kawasaki’s continued evolution\, enriched by deep conversations with luminaries such as Jane Goodall\, Steve Wozniak\, Stephen Wolfram\, Angela Duckworth\, Ph.D. (FAN ’12\, ’16)\, and Julia Cameron. These interviews have broadened his perspective and deepened the relevance of his advice―transforming Wiser Guy into more than just a memoir; it’s a collaborative\, cross-generational conversation about purpose\, resilience\, and leadership. \nWhether you’re launching your career\, building a company\, navigating uncertainty\, or simply striving to grow\, Wiser Guy is a practical and inspiring guide. It offers candid reflections and actionable insights from Kawasaki and the remarkable minds who have influenced him―creating a roadmap for living a more meaningful\, impactful life. \nKawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva\, host of the Remarkable People podcast\, author of 18 books\, and adjunct professor at UC Santa Cruz. He was the chief evangelist of Apple\, trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation\, and brand ambassador of Mercedes-Benz. \nKawasaki will be in conversation with Chicago-based writer Heidi Stevens\, Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health. Prior to joining the University of Chicago\, Stevens worked at the Chicago Tribune for 23 years\, where she wrote a daily column called “Balancing Act.” She was awarded the Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism in 2018\, and maintains a nationally syndicated column once a week. Stevens has been a FAN board member since 2021. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Compass Health Center\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community High School D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Psychgeist Media\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette Public Library\, Woodlands Academy.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-wiser-guy-life-changing-revelations-and-revisions-from-techs-chief-evangelist/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, November 18\, 2025\, 12:00 PM CT\, Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World\, a FAN webinar featuring Anne-Laure Le Cunff\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Susan Dominus (FAN ’25). \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/LeCunffFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Tiny Experiments to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nMost of us are taught to climb a ladder of success: set ambitious goals\, work harder\, follow the script. But what happens when the script no longer fits\, or when life throws uncertainty in our path? \nIn Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World\, Anne-Laure Le Cunff\, Ph.D.\, argues that rigid goal setting is out of step with the complexity of modern life. Instead of being paralyzed by uncertainty or trapped in toxic productivity\, she shows how curiosity\, small tests\, and playful experimentation can help us grow in ways that are more sustainable\, creative\, and meaningful. \nHer tools for cultivating an experimental mindset are both science-backed and deeply practical—timely guidance in a world where many feel burned out\, stuck\, or unsure of their next steps. \nDrawing on scientific evidence and her own journey from tech executive to neuroscientist and entrepreneur\, Le Cunff invites us to rethink ambition itself. Can we replace fixed ladders with growth loops? And what would it mean to live a life defined not by control\, but by curiosity? \nLe Cunff is an award-winning neuroscientist and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Ness Labs\, where her weekly newsletter reaches more than 130\,000 readers. Her research at King’s College London focuses on the evolutionary neuroscience of curiosity. She previously worked at Google on digital health projects and has received support from UK Research and Innovation\, the British Neuroscience Association\, and the King’s Engaged Research Network. \nLe Cunff will be in conversation with Susan Dominus (FAN ’25)\, Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of the 2025 book The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood\, The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Compass Health Center\, Countryside Day School\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community High School D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, Magnetar Capital\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Psychgeist Media\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Sacred Heart Schools\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette Public Library\, Winnetka D36\, Wolcott College Prep\, Woodlands Academy\, Youth & Opportunity United.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-tiny-experiments-how-to-live-freely-in-a-goal-obsessed-world/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 13\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains\, a FAN webinar featuring Pria Anand\, MD\, in conversation with Anupam B. Jena\, MD\, Ph.D. (FAN ’23). \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/AnandFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: FAN donors are invited to attend a private AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Anand and Jena that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nStories are etched into the very structure of our brains\, coded so deeply that the impulse for storytelling survives and even surges after the most devastating injuries. But our brains are also porous—the stories they concoct shaped by cultural narratives about bodies and illness that permeate the minds of doctors and patients alike. In the history of medicine\, some stories are heard\, while others—the narratives of women\, of Black and brown people\, of displaced people\, of disempowered people—are too often dismissed. \nIn The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains\, neurologist Pria Anand\, MD\, reveals—through case study\, history\, fable\, and memoir—all that the medical establishment has overlooked: the complexity and wonder of brains in health and in extremis\, and the vast gray area between sanity and insanity\, doctor and patient\, and illness and wellness\, each separated from the next by the thin veneer of a different story. \nMoving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients\, to her childhood years in India\, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to the Republic of Guinea in West Africa\, she demonstrates repeatedly the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology: that even the most peculiar symptoms can show us something universal about ourselves as humans. \nAnand is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Medical School\, and she trained in neurology\, neuroinfectious diseases\, and neuroimmunology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She is now an assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine\, and she cares for patients at Boston Medical Center. \nAnand will be in conversation with Anupam B. Jena\, MD\, Ph.D. (FAN ’23)\, the Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the host of the Freakonomics\, MD podcast\, and co-author of Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors\, Impact Patients\, and Shape Our Health \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood\, The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Chiaravalle Montessori School\, Compass Health Center\, Countryside Day School\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community High School D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Sacred Heart Schools\, St. Bernard’s School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, UChicago Network for College Success\, Wilmette Public Library\, Winnetka D36\, Wolcott College Prep\, Woodlands Academy.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-the-mind-electric-a-neurologist-on-the-strangeness-and-wonder-of-our-brains/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120403
CREATED:20251106T224538Z
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SUMMARY:[FAN] The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November 10\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America\, a FAN webinar featuring Jeffrey Rosen\, in conversation with David Blight\, Ph.D. \nREGISTRATION: www.bit.ly/JRFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of The Pursuit of Liberty to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nIn The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America\, bestselling author and president of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen explores the clashing visions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson about how to balance liberty and power in a debate that continues to define—and divide—our country: Jefferson championed states’ rights and individual liberties\, while Hamilton pushed for a strong Federal government and a powerful executive. This ongoing tug-of-war has shaped all the pivotal moments in American history\, including Abraham Lincoln’s fight against slavery and southern secession\, the expansion of federal power under Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal\, and Ronald Reagan’s and Donald Trump’s conservative push to shrink the size of the federal government. \nRosen also shows how Hamilton and Jefferson’s disagreement over how to read the Constitution has shaped landmark debates in Congress and the Supreme Court about executive power\, from John Marshall’s early battles with Andrew Jackson to the current divisions among the justices on issues from presidential immunity to control over the administrative state. \nMore than ever\, the clash between Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian ideals resonates today in our most urgent national debates over the question of whether modern presidents are consolidating power and subverting the Constitution—the very threat to American democracy that both Hamilton and Jefferson were determined to avoid. The Pursuit of Liberty is a compelling history of the opposing forces that have shaped our country since its founding\, and the ongoing struggle to define the balance between liberty and power. \nRosen hosts the weekly podcast We the People and is a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School. He is the author of nine books and is a staff writer for The New Yorker. \nRosen will be in conversation with David Blight\, Ph.D. (FAN ’19)\, Sterling Professor of History and Director\, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Resistance\, and Abolition\, Yale University. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Compass Health Center\, Evanston Township HS D202\, Family Service Center\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, Magnetar Capital\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, St. Bernard’s School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, UChicago Network for College Success\, Wilmette Public Library\, Wintrust Financial\, Woodlands Academy.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-the-pursuit-of-liberty-how-hamilton-vs-jefferson-ignited-the-lasting-battle-over-power-in-america/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251029T133000
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SUMMARY:[FAN] FAN Roundtable: Dealing with Feeling Marc Brackett\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:FAN Roundtable Workshop: Wednesday\, October 29\, 2025\, 12-1:30 PM CT\, Dealing with Feeling\, Glenview Public Library Community Room\, 1930 Glenview Rd.\, Glenview\, IL 60025. Free copy of Dealing with Feeling for each guest. \nSpace is limited to 100 attendees. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: www.bit.ly/MBFANWorkshop \nIn Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want\, Marc Brackett\, Ph.D. (FAN ’19)\, offers an essential guide for regulating how we respond to our emotions to transform our lives. \nSuccess in virtually every aspect of life―career\, friendship\, love\, and family―is determined mainly by one thing: how we deal with emotions. In your most challenging moments\, how did you respond? Did you fly off the handle? Were you paralyzed by indecision? Did you engage in behaviors that undermined your best intentions? Or did you exhibit grace under pressure and flourish? How you responded likely shaped what happened next. But emotion regulation isn’t a fixed trait\, as many believe. It is a set of skills and strategies that must be learned\, practiced\, and refined over a lifetime. \nBrackett examines his own challenges dealing with emotions\, explains the latest science of emotion regulation\, and provides a set of practical\, evidence-based strategies to help us use our feelings wisely to nurture healthy relationships\, achieve ambitious goals\, and experience greater well-being. At the heart of his message is acceptance: There are no bad emotions―only emotions we don’t understand or know how to direct in positive\, intentional ways. \nBy honing our emotion regulation skills\, we can increase our chances of achieving success in all facets of our lives. Dealing with Feeling will show you how to work with your and others’ emotions―not against them―so you can become the best version of yourself and lift others up\, too. \nBrackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence\, a professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University\, and the author of the 2019 bestselling book Permission to Feel: The Power of Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Well-Being and Success. He is the lead developer of RULER\, an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by more than five thousand schools around the globe. In 2024\, he launched the YouTube webcast Dealing with Feelings. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood\, The Avery Coonley School\, Baker Demonstration School\, Barrington D220\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\, Chiaravalle Montessori School\, Compass Health Center\, Connections for the Homeless\, Countryside Day School\, The Cove School\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, Foundation 65\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community High School D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, Near North Montessori School\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, Sacred Heart Schools\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, Township High School D214\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette D39\, Wilmette Public Library\, Winnetka D36\, Wolcott College Prep\, Woodlands Academy\, Youth & Opportunity United.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-fan-roundtable-dealing-with-feeling-marc-brackett-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120403
CREATED:20251014T150620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T150620Z
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Validation: How to Transform Your Relationships\, Increase Your Influence\, and Change Your Life Caroline Fleck\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 22\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Validation: Transform Your Relationships\, Increase Your Influence\, and Change Your Life\, a FAN webinar featuring Caroline Fleck\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Kelly Leonard. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/FleckFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: FAN donors are invited to attend a private AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Fleck and Leonard that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nWe all spend an absurd amount of energy trying to get people to listen to us\, and despite our best efforts\, we often fail. But what if the secret to changing behavior was to demonstrate acceptance? \nEnter validation — communication that one is mindful\, understands\, and empathizes with another person’s experience\, thereby accepting it as valid. When validation-based treatment\, also known as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)\, was introduced over thirty years ago\, it revolutionized psychology and facilitated change even amongst those patients who were highly resistant to it. Yet\, its practice has remained largely buried in treatment manuals and research articles written for psychologists — until now. \nWith Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships\, Increase Your Influence\, and Change Your Life\, psychologist and DBT expert Caroline Fleck\, Ph.D.\, brings these validation techniques out of therapy and into everyday life to help anyone decrease conflict\, strengthen relationships\, and change behaviors—in themselves and in others. \nPart memoir and part practical guide\, Fleck explains how and why validation is a catalyst for transformation. She draws on her two decades of experience to shows how anyone can develop the DBT skills of a therapist through the “Validation Ladder”: an actionable eight-step model that will help cultivate and communicate acceptance across relationships and unlock the potential for growth. \nFleck will be in conversation with Kelly Leonard\, Vice President of Creative Strategy\, Innovation\, and Business Development at The Second City in Chicago. He is the author of the acclaimed book Yes\, And and hosts the popular podcast Getting to Yes\, And for Second City Works and WGN radio. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nSponsored by FAN\, in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood\, The Avery Coonley School\, Avoca D37\, Baker Demonstration School\, Beacon Academy\, Bennett Day School\, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School\, Brickton Montessori School\, British International School of Chicago\, Catherine Cook School\,  Compass Health Center\, Evanston Scholars\, Evanston Township HS D202\, The Family Institute at Northwestern University\, Family Service Center\, Foundation 65\, The Frances Xavier Warde School\, Francis W. Parker School\, Glencoe D35\, Glenview Public Library\, Gorton Center\, Hyde Park Day School\, Illinois Student Assistance Commission\, Kenilworth D38\, Lake Bluff D65\, Lake Forest Community High School D115\, Latin School of Chicago\, Leo Catholic High School\, Libertyville D70\, Lycée Français de Chicago\, Near North Montessori School\, North Shore Country Day\, Northwestern University Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations\, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy\, Pope John XXIII School\, Psychgeist Media\, Regina Dominican High School\, Resurrection College Prep High School\, Rogers Park Montessori School\, Roycemore School\, St. Bernard’s School\, Santa Clara University School of Law\, Science & Arts Academy\, The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School\, Stevenson High School D125\, Township High School D113\, TrueNorth Educational Cooperative #804\, Wilmette Public Library\, Winnetka D36\, Wolcott College Prep\, Woodlands Academy\, Youth & Opportunity United.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-validation-how-to-transform-your-relationships-increase-your-influence-and-change-your-life-caroline-fleck-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251020T200000
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SUMMARY:[FAN] The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups Noah Giansiracusa\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 20\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life\, a FAN webinar featuring Noah Giansiracusa\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Karen Saxe\, Ph.D. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/NGFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: FAN donors are invited to attend a private AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Siracusa and Saxe that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nEverything we do today is recorded as data that’s sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It’s easy to feel like an insignificant number in a world of number crunchers who care more about their bottom line than your humanity. It’s time to flip the equation\, turning math into an empowering tool for the rest of us. \nIn his new book Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life\, award-winning mathematician Noah Giansiracusa\, Ph.D.\, explains how the tech giants and financial institutions use formulas to get ahead—and how anyone can use these same formulas in their everyday life. Through real world events and relatable examples\, Giansiracusa makes math fun and relevant\, equipping readers with simple math hacks and streamlined formulas that can be applied immediately. You’ll learn how to handle risk rationally\, make better investments\, take control of your social media\, and reclaim agency over the decisions you make each day. \nGiansiracusa\, an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University and a visiting scholar at Harvard University\, has spent his career studying algorithms and society. He has penned over a dozen prominent op-eds at outlets including Scientific American\, TIME\, WIRED\, Slate and more. He excels at explaining complex math to wide audiences and has been on national television programs discussing timely topics like AI-generated misinformation and the importance of mathematical literacy. \nIn a society that all too often takes from the poor and gives to the rich\, math can be a vital democratizing force. Robin Hood Math helps you to think for yourself\, act in your own best interests\, and thrive. \nSiracusa will be in conversation with Karen Saxe\, Ph.D.\, senior vice president\, government relations\, for the American Mathematical Society. She is Professor Emerita at Macalester College where she served as chair of the Department of Mathematics\, Statistics\, and Computer Science. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-the-collective-edge-unlocking-the-secret-power-of-groups-noah-giansiracusa-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251015T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120403
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SUMMARY:[FAN] The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups Colin M. Fisher\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 15\, 2025\, 12:00 PM CT\, The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups\, a FAN webinar featuring Colin M. Fisher\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Amy C. Edmondson\, Ph.D. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/CFisherFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: FAN donors are invited to attend a private AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Fisher that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nLife is full of groups—work teams\, families\, friends\, and communities defined by race\, religion\, and nationality. Yet\, in our hyper-individualized society\, we spend surprisingly little time thinking about what groups really are\, how they work\, and how to get the best out of them. It’s time to change that. The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups by Colin M. Fisher\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Organizations and Innovation at University College London’s School of Management\, reveals the invisible forces that shape group dynamics and shows how understanding these forces can lead to extraordinary accomplishments. Fisher is a renowned expert in team dynamics and leadership\, with years of experience in studying and advising on effective teamwork. \nDrawing on decades of research across social psychology\, sociology\, economics\, anthropology\, political science\, neuroscience\, and management\, this comprehensive\, approachable guide illustrates how groups and teams affect everything from complicated family dynamics and frustrating work meetings to the successes of the 2008 US Olympic Men’s Basketball Team and The Rolling Stones. \nOrganized into four main sections—Cooperation\, Conformity\, Competition\, and Leadership—each part of the book is packed with action-oriented “Group Thoughts” to help apply the principles discussed. Fisher’s engaging storytelling makes complex scientific concepts accessible and relatable\, offering readers practical tools to improve their leadership\, relationships\, decision-making\, creativity\, and sense of belonging. \nFisher’s research has uncovered the hidden processes of helping groups and teams in situations requiring creativity\, improvisation\, and complex decision-making. He has written about group dynamics for both popular science and management audiences\, and his work has been profiled in prominent media outlets such as BBC\, Forbes\, Harvard Business Review\, NPR\, and The Times. \nFisher will be in conversation with Amy C. Edmondson\, Ph.D.\, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School\, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-the-collective-edge-unlocking-the-secret-power-of-groups-colin-m-fisher-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T130000
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef Curtis Duffy
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 9\, 2025\, 12:00 PM CT\, Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef\, a FAN webinar featuring Curtis Duffy in conversation with Heidi Stevens. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/CDuffyFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Fireproof to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nFireproof: Memoir of a Chef charts chef Curtis Duffy’s rise\, despite a childhood and adolescence rife with trauma\, to being mentored by and recognized among the world’s top chefs. Amid family chaos in rural Ohio\, a young Duffy found refuge first in a high school home economics class\, then at one of Columbus’s best restaurants\, where he honed his skills. His passion ignited\, Duffy was determined to leave Ohio and break the Duffy family curse. \nBut the tragic deaths of Duffy’s parents when he was only 19 jeopardized his promising professional career. Summoning extraordinary fortitude and resilience\, Duffy ate pain\, graduated culinary school\, and moved to Chicago to work in chef Charlie Trotter’s namesake restaurant\, a hotbed of talent that produced prominent alumni such as Grant Achatz\, Graham Elliot\, and Homaro Cantu. Inspired by stellar peers and staging for Thomas Keller at the French Laundry\, Duffy’s drive only grew. \nDuffy’s laser-focused ambition cost him a marriage\, and Grace restaurant. Grace earned three Michelin stars four years in a row\, solidifying Duffy’s place as one of the world’s greatest culinary artists. But in a heartbreaking act of defiance\, Duffy walked out after disputes with Grace’s owner. \nUndeterred\, Duffy created Ever restaurant—a launch nearly derailed by the pandemic. He persisted where many others would have resigned their craft\, and Ever earned two Michelin stars from 2021-2024. Duffy was ranked one of the “50 Most Powerful People in American Fine Dining” in 2024 by the Robb Report. \nDuffy will be in conversation with Heidi Stevens\, Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health\, and creative director for Parent Nation\, an initiative of the TMW Center. Stevens has been a FAN board member since 2021. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-fireproof-memoir-of-a-chef-curtis-duffy/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction Ulrik Juul Christensen\, MD
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 25\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction\, a FAN webinar featuring Ulrik Juul Christensen\, MD\, and Tony Wagner\, Ed.D.\, in conversation with Fernande Raine\, Ph.D. \nREGISTER: Click here to register \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Mastery to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nHow much information is forgotten almost immediately after it is taught? How many students graduate from high school unprepared for careers where lifelong learning is essential to succeed? These problems stem from an educational system that uses time spent in a classroom and the results of standardized\, multiple-choice tests as proxies for actual understanding. In their new book\, Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction\, educators Tony Wagner\, Ed.D.\, and Ulrik Juul Christensen\, MD\, call for a radical new system of learning\, where students progress individually when they demonstrate that they can use what they have learned—no matter how long it takes to get there. This is called mastery learning\, and it is the future of education. \nThis book shows how mastery learning is already being used in the United States and around the world\, from kindergarten to college and in the workplace. Through conversations with teachers\, students\, parents\, policymakers\, and employers\, Wagner and Christensen show how mastery improves motivation and prepares students for productive work\, an engaged civic life\, and personal growth and well-being. They also outline the challenges of adopting mastery learning and how to overcome them. Mastery is an urgent call to action to transform education for all. \nChristensen is a globally recognized authority in learning technology\, and a co-founder of Area9 Group\, a leader in personalized and adaptive learning. His current focus is on Area9 Lyceum\, which has integrated the group’s educational investments and technologies to develop the fourth-generation adaptive learning platform and to pioneer four-dimensional education. \nWagner currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute. He was the founder and co-director\, for more than a decade\, of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the author of eight books\, including the international bestseller The Global Achievement Gap. \nChristensen and Wagner will be in conversation with Fernande Raine\, Ph.D.\, a historian\, serial entrepreneur\, and Founder and Co-Lead of History Co:Lab. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/fan-mastery-why-deeper-learning-is-essential-in-an-age-of-distraction-ulrik-juul-christensen-md/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event,Parenting
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours Corinne Low\, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School of
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 18\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours\, a FAN webinar featuring Corinne Low\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Jessica Calarco\, Ph.D. (FAN ’24) \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/LowFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Having It All to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nFor women in America today\, the promise of “having it all” is an ever-elusive carrot. Faced with unsustainable demands in every sphere\, we are certainly doing it all but at a steep cost. Research shows that biologically\, culturally\, and economically\, we are on uneven playing ground\, and one that drains us of our happiness. But that same data can empower us to make choices that will reclaim our time\, our energy―and even our joy. \nIn her new book Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours\, Corinne Low\, Ph.D.\, an associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\, unpacks the hidden factors that influence women’s decision-making\, and how the unintended consequences of these choices alter the course of our lives. From when and whether to get married and (or) have children to what type of career to pursue\, whether to obtain an advanced degree to where to live\, Low explores questions such as 1) what if there is no optimal time to “have a family” but rather a slew of different considerations at different life stages?; 2) what if we approached decisions around marriage and partnership as rigorously as we would an employment opportunity; and 3) what if we valued our time in dollars and cents\, and structured our lives around choices that give us the greatest return on our investments? \nLow has spoken to and advised firms like Google\, IFM Investors\, Uber\, Activision Blizzard\, and Amazon Web Services\, in addition to teaching in Wharton’s Executive Education programs. Low has given talks to top academic institutions like Harvard University\, Stanford University\, and Oxford\, as well as to the New York Federal Reserve\, Brookings Institution\, and the US Department of Labor\, among others. \nLow will be in conversation with award-winning teacher Jessica Calarco\, Ph.D. (FAN ’24)\, a sociologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of the 2024 book Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Social Safety Net. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/having-it-all-what-data-tells-us-about-womens-lives-and-getting-the-most-out-of-yours-corinne-low-ph-d-associate-professor-of-business-economics-and-public-policy-at-the-wharton-school-of/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] After the Spike: Population\, Progress and the Case for People Michael Geruso\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 17\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, After the Spike: Population\, Progress\, and the Case for People\, a FAN webinar featuring Michael Geruso\, Ph.D.\, in conversation with Katy Milkman\, Ph.D. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/GerusoFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of After the Spike to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nMost people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike: Population\, Progress\, and the Case for People\, economists Dean Spears\, Ph.D.\, and Michael Geruso\, Ph.D.\, sound a wakeup call\, explaining why global depopulation is coming\, why it matters\, and what to do now. \nIt would be easy to think that fewer people would be better—better for the planet\, better for the people who remain. This book invites us all to think again. Despite what we may have been told\, depopulation is not the solution we urgently need for environmental challenges like climate change. Nor will it raise living standards by dividing what the world can offer across fewer of us. Spears and Geruso investigate what depopulation would mean for the climate\, for living standards\, for equity\, for progress\, for freedom\, for humanity’s general welfare. And what it would mean if\, instead\, people came together to share the work of caregiving and of building societies where parenting fits better with everything else that people aspire to. \nWith new evidence and sharp insights\, Spears and Geruso make a lively and compelling case for stabilizing the population—without sacrificing our dreams of a greener future or reverting to past gender inequities. They challenge us to see how depopulation threatens social equity and material progress\, and how welcoming it denies the inherent value of every human life. More than an assembly of the most important facts\, After the Spike asks what future we should want for our planet\, for our children\, and for one another. \nGeruso is an economic demographer\, public economist\, and associate professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers\, where he advised on issues of health and demography. He holds bachelor’s degrees in engineering\, political science\, and philosophy\, and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton. \nGeruso will be in conversation with Katy Milkman\, Ph.D.\, the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the host of Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology. She is also the co-founder and co-director (with Angela Duckworth\, Ph.D.\, FAN ’12\, ’16) of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at Penn. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/after-the-spike-population-progress-and-the-case-for-people-michael-geruso-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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SUMMARY:[FAN] Dream School: Finding the College That's Right for You
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 3\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You\, a FAN webinar featuring Jeff Selingo (FAN ’20\, ’21\, ‘22)\, in conversation with Frank Bruni (FAN ’15). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/Selingo25FANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Dream School to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nAttending college has long been a rite of passage for millions of teens and a bedrock of the American dream. But that well-worn path has lately taken a wrong turn\, denying admission even to super-achievers and putting intolerable stress on family finances. Now\, in Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You\, Jeff Selingo (FAN ’20\, ’21\, ’22) shifts the spotlight from how colleges pick students to how students can better pick colleges. \nWith test-optional policies and grade inflation leveling the playing field for applicants\, getting into prestigious schools has become a kind of lottery. “Plan A” may work out\, but increasingly it isn’t—so Selingo urges families to ditch the “Top 25 or bust” mindset and look beyond the usual suspects. Hidden-gem schools with incredible value and rich opportunities are waiting to be discovered. \nBacked by unparalleled research—and an eye-opening survey of more than 3\,000 parents—Dream School reveals what really matters in a college: strong job prospects after graduation\, hands-on learning experiences\, and a sense of belonging. To help students find their perfect match\, Selingo highlights 75 accessible and affordable colleges that will satisfy those priorities. \nOrganized into three easy-to-digest sections\, Dream School explains why elite college degrees turn out to matter less than you think\, why many parents and students are choosing value over prestige\, and how to make sure the degree really pays off. \nSelingo is a New York Times bestselling author of three books on education and the job market. For more than twenty-five years\, his in-depth reporting and storytelling have provided practical insight about the future of higher education and the workforce to university leaders\, corporate executives\, as well as students and parents. \nSelingo will be in conversation with prominent New York Times journalist Frank Bruni (FAN ’15)\, author of Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be\, about the college admissions mania; The Beauty of Dusk; and most recently\, The Age of Grievance. He is the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University\, teaching media-oriented classes in the Sanford School of Public Policy. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/dream-school-finding-the-college-thats-right-for-you/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event,Parenting
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SUMMARY:What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change Emily Falk\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 16\, 2025\, 12:00 PM CT\, What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change\, a FAN webinar featuring Emily Falk\, Ph.D. in conversation with Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. (FAN ’25). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/FalkFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of What We Value to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nWith so many competing priorities pulling us in different directions every day―family\, friends\, work\, our health―it can feel difficult to make decisions that are aligned with what we care about most. Especially in the moment\, we often default to the immediate demand\, the path of least resistance\, the worn old habit we wanted to change. In What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change\, pioneering scholar Emily Falk\, Ph.D. reveals how we can transform our relationship with the daily decisions that define our lives―opening pathways to make more purposeful\, fulfilling choices; more successfully change our behavior; and influence others to see differently―by thinking like neuroscientists. \nDrawing on her own award-winning research\, Falk introduces readers to a new paradigm for understanding why we\, and those around us\, do what we do. This is the value calculation: the often-subconscious mechanism by which the brain computes our everyday choices. Falk shows that we can learn to work more strategically with the value calculation―whether we want to embrace new activities and behaviors\, connect more meaningfully with others\, or become more effective leaders in our organizations and communities. Falk demonstrates how we can change what we think just by changing what we think about; get less defensive by connecting with our core values; and seed innovation by seeking out different perspectives. \nFalk is an award-winning Professor of Communication\, Psychology\, Marketing\, and Operations\, Informatics\, and Decisions (OID) at the University of Pennsylvania; Vice Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication; Director of the Communication Neuroscience Lab; and Director of the Climate Communication Division of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. She is an expert in the science of behavior change. Her research uses tools from psychology\, neuroscience\, and communication to examine what makes messages persuasive\, why and how ideas spread\, and what makes people effective communicators. \nFalk will be in conversation with Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. (FAN ’25)\, Professor\, Management & Organizations\, Ross School of Business\, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab\, University of Michigan. He is the author of the international bestseller Chatter and the new bestselling book Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/what-we-value-the-neuroscience-of-choice-change-emily-falk-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event,Parenting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250409T200000
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SUMMARY:Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 9\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life\, a FAN webinar featuring Maggie Smith (FAN ’20\, ’23) in conversation with Glory Edim (FAN ’24). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/Smith25FANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Dear Writer to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nNew York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith (FAN ’20\, ’23) believes creativity is our birthright as human beings. Yes\, all of us—no matter our age or profession. Creativity improves our mental health\, our adaptability\, and our communication skills. In Smith’s new book\, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life\, she offers\, “anything that applies to writing also applies to life. Problem-solving is a creative act. Conversations are creative. Parenting is creative. Falling in love\, leaving your job\, changing your mind—all creative acts. Creativity isn’t just about making art. Making your life is the ultimate creative act.” \nDrawing lessons from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling\, craft-focused Substack newsletter\, For Dear Life\, Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention\, wonder\, vision\, play\, surprise\, vulnerability\, restlessness\, tenacity\, connection\, and hope. Each element is explored through short\, inspiring essays\, followed by generative writing prompts that readers can use to kickstart their own creativity. For example\, the section on tenacity tackles how to turn off one’s inner critic\, take rejection in stride\, and stay inspired through creative blocks. Dear Writer provides tools that artists and readers of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practices and carry with them across genres and into all areas of life. \nSmith is the award-winning author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful\, Keep Moving\, Goldenrod\, Good Bones\, and other books. She has been widely published\, appearing in The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, The Nation\, the New York Times\, the Atlantic\, The Best American Poetry\, and more. \nSmith will be in conversation with Glory Edim (FAN ’24)\, is an award-winning literary tastemaker\, entrepreneur\, and advocate for diverse voices in literature. Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl\, an online platform and book club dedicated to celebrating the works of Black women authors and creating a supportive online community for readers\, and author of Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/dear-writer-pep-talks-practical-advice-for-the-creative-life/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event,Parenting
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SUMMARY:Untethered: Creating Connected Families\, Schools\, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 8\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, Untethered: Creating Connected Families\, Schools\, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation\, a FAN webinar featuring Doug Bolton\, Ph.D. in conversation with Lisa Damour\, Ph.D. (FAN ’19\, ’20\, ’21\, ’23). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/BoltonFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Untethered to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nOver the past decade\, children’s mental health challenges have reached epidemic levels—stress\, anxiety\, childhood depression\, and suicide are at unprecedented high rates. Amid high-stakes pressure for kids to succeed\, parents and teachers have never needed a road map to healthy child development more urgently. And as clinical psychologist and educator Doug Bolton\, Ph.D. explains in Untethered: Creating Connected Families\, Schools\, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation\, his eye-opening and powerful new book\, underlying our modern-day stresses is an even more pervasive problem: We’re relying on practices that are not in line with what science tells us about how to truly motivate children and help them thrive. \nAs Bolton persuasively argues\, we need to step away from parenting and teaching based on controlling our children with incentives and punishments—they focus on short-term compliance at the cost of health development. Instead\, creating healthy and strongly bonded communities for our children\, both in our own families and in our schools\, is key to their emotional well-being\, and their success in life. Untethered offers tools to help us create these communities so our kids develop healthy attachments and learn emotional regulation\, helping them feel more connected\, less anxious\, more included\, less shamed\, and more securely grounded. The power of communities is not only that they enhance our wellness—they buffer us from the impact of trauma and can be a guiding force in helping kids develop resilience. \nBolton will be in conversation with Lisa Damour\, Ph.D. (FAN ’19\, ’20\, ’21\, ’23)\, the author of three New York Times best sellers: Untangled\, Under Pressure\, and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers\, which have been translated into twenty-three languages. She co-hosts the Ask Lisa podcast\, works in collaboration with UNICEF\, and is recognized as a thought leader by the American Psychological Association. Damour authored the monthly Adolescence column for The New York Times\, is a regular contributor to CBS News\, and created Untangling 10to20\, a digital library of premium content to support teens and those who care for them. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/untethered-creating-connected-families-schools-and-communities-to-raise-a-resilient-generation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event,Parenting
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SUMMARY:Me\, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change Olga Khazan
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 17\, 2025\, 7:00 PM CT\, Me\, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change\, a FAN webinar featuring Olga Khazan in conversation with Maria Konnikova. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/KhazanFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Me\, But Better from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Khazan that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nIn recent years\, Olga Khazan had been spiraling toward an existential crisis. Though she treasured her loving relationship and her dream job\, her neurotic personality often left her snatching dissatisfaction from the jaws of happiness. While her overachieving had always been a professional asset\, Khazan lately felt like her brittle disposition could shatter under the weight of just one more thing—but could she really change her entire personality? \nResearch shows that you can alter your personality traits by behaving in ways that align with the kind of person you’d like to be—a process that can make you happier\, healthier\, and more successful. In Me\, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change\, Khazan embarks on an experiment to see whether it’s possible to go from dwelling in dread to “radiating joy.” For one year\, she reluctantly clicked “yes” on a bucket list of new experiences—from meditation to improv to sailing—that forced her to at least act happy. With a skeptic’s eye\, Khazan brings you on her journey through the science of personality\, presenting evidence-backed techniques to help you change your mind for the better. Sharply witty and deeply fascinating\, Me\, But Better offers a probing inquiry into what it means to live a fulfilling life\, and how you can keep diving into change\, no matter how uncomfortable it feels. \nKhazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of the 2020 book Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. She has also written for the New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Washington Post\, Forbes\, and other publications. \nKhazan will be in conversation with Maria Konnikova\, the author\, most recently\, of The Biggest Bluff\, a New York Times bestseller\, and the bestsellers The Confidence Game and Mastermind. She is the cohost\, along with Nate Silver\, of the weekly podcast Risky Business. While researching The Biggest Bluff\, Konnikova became an international poker champion\, a World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner\, an ambassador for PokerStars Team Pro\, and the winner of over $1\,000\,000 in tournament earnings. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/me-but-better-the-science-and-promise-of-personality-change-olga-khazan/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250311T190000
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SUMMARY:Shift: Managing Your Emotions -- So They Don't Manage You Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. (2 of 2)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, March 11\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You\, in conversation with Heidi Stevens\, North Shore Country Day Auditorium\, 310 Green Bay Rd.\, Winnetka\, IL 60093 \nNo registration required. \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Shift at the event while supplies last. \nWhether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor\, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic\, or devastation after a painful break-up\, our lives are filled with situations that send us spiraling. But as difficult as our emotions can be\, they are also a superpower. Far from being “good” or “bad\,” emotions are information. When they’re activated in the right ways and at the right time\, they function like an immune system\, alerting us to our surroundings\, telling us how to react to a situation\, and helping us make the right choices. \nBut how do we make our emotions work for us rather than against us? Acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. has devoted his scientific career to answering this question. In his new bestselling book Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You\, he dispels common myths—for instance\, that avoidance is always toxic or that we should always strive to live in the moment—and provides a new framework for shifting our emotions so they don’t take over our lives. \nShift weaves groundbreaking research with riveting stories of people struggling and succeeding to manage their emotions—from a mother whose fear prompted her to make a spur-of-the-moment decision that would save her daughter’s life mid-flight to a nuclear code-carrying Navy SEAL who learned how to embrace both joy and pain during a hellish training activity. Kross spotlights a wide array of tools that we already have access to—in our bodies and minds\, our relationships with other people\, and the cultures and physical spaces we inhabit—and shows us how to harness them to be healthier and more successful. \nKross is the director of the Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory at the University of Michigan and professor in its top ranked psychology department and Ross School of Business. His book Chatter: The Voice in Our Head\, Why it Matters\, and How to Harness It was an international bestseller. \nKross will be in conversation with Heidi Stevens\, Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health\, and creative director for Parent Nation\, an initiative of the TMW Center. Prior to joining Parent Nation\, Stevens worked at the Chicago Tribune for 23 years\, where she wrote a daily column called Balancing Act. She was awarded the Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism in 2018. Stevens maintains a nationally syndicated column once a week. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded but not live streamed and will be available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/shift-managing-your-emotions-so-they-dont-manage-you-ethan-kross-ph-d-2-of-2/
LOCATION:North Shore Country Day School\, 310 Green Bay Rd\, Winnetka\, 60093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250306T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120403
CREATED:20250226T200956Z
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SUMMARY:Shift: Managing Your Emotions -- So They Don't Manage You Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. (1 of 2)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 6\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You\, a FAN webinar featuring Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. in conversation with Daniel Pink (FAN ’18\, ‘22). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/KPFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Shift to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nWhether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor\, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic\, or devastation after a painful break-up\, our lives are filled with situations that send us spiraling. But as difficult as our emotions can be\, they are also a superpower. Far from being “good” or “bad\,” emotions are information. When they’re activated in the right ways and at the right time\, they function like an immune system\, alerting us to our surroundings\, telling us how to react to a situation\, and helping us make the right choices. \nBut how do we make our emotions work for us rather than against us? Acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross\, Ph.D. has devoted his scientific career to answering this question. In his new bestselling book Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You\, he dispels common myths—for instance\, that avoidance is always toxic or that we should always strive to live in the moment—and provides a new framework for shifting our emotions so they don’t take over our lives. \nShift weaves groundbreaking research with riveting stories of people struggling and succeeding to manage their emotions—from a mother whose fear prompted her to make a spur-of-the-moment decision that would save her daughter’s life mid-flight to a nuclear code-carrying Navy SEAL who learned how to embrace both joy and pain during a hellish training activity. Kross spotlights a wide array of tools that we already have access to—in our bodies and minds\, our relationships with other people\, and the cultures and physical spaces we inhabit—and shows us how to harness them to be healthier and more successful. \nKross is the director of the Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory at the University of Michigan and professor in its top ranked psychology department and Ross School of Business. His book Chatter: The Voice in Our Head\, Why it Matters\, and How to Harness It was an international bestseller. \nKross will be in conversation with Daniel Pink (FAN ’18\, ’22)\, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several provocative\, bestselling books about business\, work\, creativity\, and behavior\, including The Power of Regret\, When\, To Sell Is Human\, Drive\, and A Whole New Mind. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/shift-managing-your-emotions-so-they-dont-manage-you-ethan-kross-ph-d-1-of-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="FAN%3A Family Action Network":MAILTO:info@familyactionnetwork.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120403
CREATED:20250226T195014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T195014Z
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SUMMARY:99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 5\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life\, a FAN webinar featuring Adam Chandler in conversation with Kathy Gilsinan. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/ChandlerFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of 99% Perspiration from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Chandler and Gilsinan that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \n“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” This phrase\, arguably Thomas Edison’s most famous quote\, has been drilled into the minds of generations of Americans. A straightforward iteration of the idea that innovation\, discovery\, and ingenuity are the result of drive and grit above all\, it has also come to represent much darker myths: that hard work always leads to success and that achievement is the product of individuals and not communities. In this model\, those who come out on top are there because they earned it\, and everyone else needs to buckle down\, glove up\, and\, maybe one day\, they’ll get there too. \nAs the wealth gap widens\, communities crumble\, and Americans work more for less\, journalist Adam Chandler raises the question: What happens when perspiration isn’t enough? To answer it in his new book 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life\, Chandler crisscrosses the country interviewing mayors\, teachers\, generals\, pastors\, construction workers\, and entrepreneurs\, to reveal just how untenable relying on “perspiration” as a strategy has truly become. He also delves into America’s past to reveal how our government\, education system\, and culture at large have woven the idea of meritocracy deep into the fabric of American society and how some of history’s most famous so-called bootstrappers really built their wealth. From George Washington to Seattle\, Washington\, Jay Gatsby to Bill Gates\, 99% Perspiration unpacks the misguided obsession with hard work that has come to define both the American dream and nightmare\, offering insight into how we got here and hope for where we may go. \nChandler is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America’s Fast-Food Kingdom and a recurring guest on The History Channel’s The Food That Built America. A former staff writer at The Atlantic\, Chandler’s work has also appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, WIRED\, and elsewhere. \nChandler will be in conversation with Kathy Gilsinan\, author of The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic\, and a senior editor at Puck News. Previously she covered the Midwest for Politico Magazine and was a senior editor and staff writer at The Atlantic\, where she ran the international coverage before covering foreign policy and national security herself. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/99-perspiration-a-new-working-history-of-the-american-way-of-life/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250303T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120403
CREATED:20250226T194050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T194050Z
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SUMMARY:Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others Adam Galinsky\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 3\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others\, a FAN webinar featuring Adam Galinsky\, Ph.D. in conversation with Amy C. Edmondson\, Ph.D. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/AGFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Inspire from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Galinsky and Edmondson that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nSocial psychologist and leadership expert Adam Galinsky\, Ph.D. has spent three decades building a method for determining when we are inspiring versus infuriating\, and where various leaders—presidents\, CEOs\, coaches\, teachers\, parents\, and a wealth of others—currently land on that spectrum. In his new book Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others\, Galinsky shows how inspiring leaders can fill us with a wellspring of hope and possibility as they guide us to become better versions of ourselves. In contrast\, infuriating leaders disappoint and annoy\, fueling seething cauldrons of rage. But both types of leaders are deeply connected—together\, they represent a universal continuum that is rooted in the very architecture of the human brain. This means that inspiring leaders aren’t born—instead\, we can inspire or infuriate in any given moment through our behavior\, words\, or presence. \nWhether you’re a leader\, a member of a team\, a spouse\, or a parent\, this engaging and rigorous exploration unpacks the science of inspiration. Through compelling stories\, fascinating research\, and practical tips for addressing the common dilemmas we face daily\, Inspire reveals how all of us\, regardless of status or circumstance\, can be more inspiring more often. \nGalinsky is the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School and has published more than 200 scientific articles on leadership\, negotiations\, diversity\, and ethics. He is an Executive/Associate Producer on two documentaries short-listed for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. \nGalinsky will be in conversation with Amy C. Edmondson\, Ph.D.\, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School\, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society. She studies teaming\, psychological safety\, and organizational learning. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/inspire-the-universal-path-for-leading-yourself-and-others-adam-galinsky-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="FAN%3A Family Action Network":MAILTO:info@familyactionnetwork.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250224T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120404
CREATED:20250218T200414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T200414Z
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SUMMARY:Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will Robert Sapolsky\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 24\, 2025\, 12:00 PM CT\, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will\, a FAN webinar featuring Robert Sapolsky\, Ph.D. in conversation with Oliver Burkeman (FAN ’24). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/SapolskyFANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Determined from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Sapolsky that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nOne of our great behavioral scientists\, Robert Sapolsky\, Ph.D.\, the bestselling author of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst\, mounts a devastating scientific and philosophical case against free will—an argument with profound consequences. \nBehave\, Sapolsky’s now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad\, pointed toward an unsettling conclusion: we may not grasp exactly how nature and nurture create the physics and chemistry that cause all human behavior\, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. In his latest book Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will\, Sapolsky takes his argument all the way\, mounting a brilliant (and in his inimitable way\, delightful) full-frontal assault on the pleasant fantasy that there is some separate self who tells our biology what to do. \nDetermined offers a marvelous synthesis of what we know about consciousness—the tight weave between reason and emotion and between stimulus and response in the moment and over a life. One by one\, Sapolsky takes out all the major arguments for free will\, cutting a path through the thickets of chaos theory and quantum physics. But as Sapolsky acknowledges\, it’s sometimes impossible to uncouple from our zeal to judge people\, including ourselves. Determined applies this new understanding to some of our most essential questions around punishment\, morality\, and living well together. Most of all\, Sapolsky argues that while accepting the reality about free will is monumentally difficult\, it will make for a much more humane world. \nSapolsky will be in conversation with Oliver Burkeman (FAN ’24)\, New York Times bestselling author of Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts; Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals\, and The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/determined-a-science-of-life-without-free-will-robert-sapolsky-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="FAN%3A Family Action Network":MAILTO:info@familyactionnetwork.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120404
CREATED:20250211T224144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T224144Z
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SUMMARY:The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 20\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing\, a FAN webinar featuring Mary-Frances O’Connor\, Ph.D. in conversation with Meghan Riordan Jarvis\, MA\, LICSW. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/MFO25FANWebinar \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of The Grieving Body from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by O’Connor and Jarvis that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nCoping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow\, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Mary-Frances O’Connor\, Ph.D. specializes in the study of grief\, and in her new book The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing she shares vital scientific research\, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain: How We Learn from Love and Loss\, O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular\, endocrine\, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being. The Grieving Brain addresses questions about the effects of bereavement\, including information about: What happens in our bodies when we’re grieving? How do our coping behaviors affect our physical health? What is the cognitive impact of grief? Why are we more prone to illness during times of enormous stress? \nO’Connor is a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona\, where she directs the Grief\, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab\, investigating the effects of grief on the brain and the body. O’Connor holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychoneuroimmunology at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. \nO’Connor will be in conversation with Meghan Riordan Jarvis\, MA\, LICSW\, a psychotherapist\, author\, podcast host (Grief is My Side Hustle)\, two-time TEDx speaker\, educator\, corporate consultant\, and soughtafter keynote speaker specializing in trauma and grief and loss. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/the-grieving-body-how-the-stress-of-loss-can-be-an-opportunity-for-healing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="FAN%3A Family Action Network":MAILTO:info@familyactionnetwork.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120404
CREATED:20250211T223413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T223413Z
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SUMMARY:John Lewis: A Life David Greenberg\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 19\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, John Lewis: A Life\, a FAN webinar featuring David Greenberg\, Ph.D. in conversation with David Blight\, Ph.D. (FAN ’19). \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/DGFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of John Lewis: A Life to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nIn John Lewis: A Life\, award-winning historian and journalist David Greenberg\, Ph.D.\, professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University\, presents new details in the life of a man who lived with courage and conviction\, and who resisted hating those who hated him. \nBorn into poverty in rural Alabama\, John Lewis would become second only to Martin Luther King\, Jr. in his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. He was a leader of the Nashville sit-in movement\, a Freedom Rider who helped to integrate bus stations in the South\, the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington\, and the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)\, which he helped make into one of the major civil rights organizations. He may be best remembered as the victim of a vicious beating by Alabama state troopers at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma\, Alabama\, where he nearly died. \nGreenberg’s biography traces Lewis’s life from his youth as a precocious bookworm who sought education and freedom in the Jim Crow era\, through the post-Civil Rights years\, when he headed the Voter Education Project\, which enrolled millions of African American voters across the South. The book reveals the littleknown story of his political ascent first locally in Atlanta\, and then as a member of Congress. Tapped to be a part of the Democratic leadership in Congress\, he earned respect on both sides of the aisle for the sacrifices he had made on behalf of nonviolent integration in the South and came to be known as the “conscience of the Congress.” \nThoroughly researched and dramatically told\, Greenberg’s biography captures and conveys the power of Lewis’s surpassing courage and faith in nonviolence while also revealing him to be far more politically skilled\, pragmatic\, and canny than commonly thought. \nGreenberg will be in conversation with renowned historian David Blight\, Ph.D. (FAN ’19)\, Sterling Professor of History and Director\, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Resistance\, and Abolition\, Yale University. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/john-lewis-a-life-david-greenberg-ph-d/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T120404
CREATED:20250129T201120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T201120Z
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SUMMARY:Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 10\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\, Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart\, a FAN webinar featuring Nicholas Carr in conversation with Christine Rosen\, Ph.D. \nREGISTER: www.bit.ly/CarrFANWebinar \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Superbloom to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nFrom the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day\, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information\, the assumption goes\, society prospers. Nicholas Carr’s new book Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart tells a startlingly different story. As communication becomes more mechanized and efficient\, it breeds confusion more than understanding\, strife more than harmony. Media technologies all too often bring out the worst in us. \nA celebrated commentator on the human consequences of technology\, Carr reorients the conversation around modern communication\, challenging some of our most cherished beliefs about self-expression\, free speech\, and media democratization. He reveals how messaging apps strip nuance from conversation\, how “digital crowding” erodes empathy and triggers aggression\, how online political debates narrow our minds and distort our perceptions\, and how advances in AI are further blurring the already hazy line between fantasy and reality. Even as Carr shows how tech companies and their tools of connection have failed us\, he forces us to confront inconvenient truths about our own nature. The human psyche\, it turns out\, is profoundly ill-suited to the “superbloom” of information that technology has unleashed. \nCarr is the author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains\, a Pulitzer Prize finalist\, and four other acclaimed books. A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review\, he writes for the Atlantic\, the New York Times\, and the Wall Street Journal. \nCarr will be in conversation with Christine Rosen\, Ph.D.\, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute\, where she focuses on American history\, society and culture\, technology and culture\, and feminism. Concurrently she is a columnist for Commentary magazine and one of the cohosts of The Commentary Magazine Podcast. She is also a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and a senior editor in an advisory position at the New Atlantis. \nThis event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://familyservicecenter.org/calendar/superbloom-how-technologies-of-connection-tear-us-apart/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Community Partner Event,FAN Event
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