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SUMMARY:FAN- Above Ground: A Conversation with Clint Smith
DESCRIPTION:BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Above Ground to guests randomly selected from the Zoom attendance report. All details on the webinar registration page. \nClint Smith\, Ph.D.’s vibrant and compelling new poetry collection\, the New York Times bestseller Above Ground\, traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions. There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children\, as they discover it for the first time. There are poems that meditate on what it means to raise a family in a world filled with constant social and political tumult. Above Ground wrestles with how we hold wonder and despair in the same hands\, how we carry intimate moments of joy and a collective sense of mourning in the same body. \nSmith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\, the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism\, the Stowe Prize\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, and selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2021. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic. \nSmith’s essays\, poems\, and scholarly writing have been published in The New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, The New Republic\, Poetry Magazine\, The Paris Review\, the Harvard Educational Review\, and elsewhere. He is a former National Poetry Slam champion and a recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review. \nPreviously\, Smith taught high school English in Prince George’s County\, Maryland where he was named the Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Humanities Council. He is the host of the YouTube series Crash Course Black American History. He received his B.A. in English from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University. \nSmith will be in conversation with Marcus Campbell\, Ed.D.\, Superintendent of Evanston Township High school D202. Dr. Campbell has 22 years of experience at ETHS\, starting as an English teacher\, and has played a central role in the district’s equity transformation programs and initiatives. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nThis event is presented by Family Action Network (FAN). Gorton Center is proud to partner with FAN as a sponsor of this event to bring this programming to our patrons. 
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SUMMARY:FAN- Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”
DESCRIPTION:There’s nothing we spend more time with\, but understand less\, than ourselves. You’ve been with yourself every waking moment of your life. But who—or\, rather\, what—are you? In Selfless: The Social Creation of “You\,” social psychologist and Stanford University professor Brian Lowery\, Ph.D. argues for the radical idea that the “self” as we know it—that “voice in your head”—is a social construct\, created in our relationships and social interactions. We are unique because our individual pattern of relationships is unique. We change because our relationships change. Your self isn’t just you\, it’s all around you. \nProf. Lowery uses this research-driven perspective of selfhood to explore questions of inequity\, race\, gender\, politics\, and power structures\, transforming our perceptions of how the world is and how it could be. His theory offers insight into how powerful people manage their environment in sophisticated\, often unconscious\, ways to maintain the status quo; explains our competing drives for deep social connection and personal freedom; and answers profound\, personal questions such as: Why has my sense of self evolved over time? Why do I sometimes stop short of changes that I want to make in life? \nIn Selfless\, Prof. Lowery persuasively breaks down common assumptions and beliefs; his insights are humbling. Despite what many may think\, we aren’t islands unto ourselves; we are the creation of the many hands that touch us. We don’t just exist in communities\, we are created and shaped by them. Our highs and lows are not only our own but belong to others as well. By recognizing that we are products of relationships—from fleeting transactions to deep associations—we shatter the myth of individualism and free ourselves to make our lives and the world accordingly. \nProf. Lowery is the Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business\, and the co-director of Stanford’s new Institute on Race. He also hosts the podcast Know What You See. He will be in conversation with Marcus Campbell\, Ed.D.\, Superintendent of Evanston Township High School D202. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. The event will be recorded but not live streamed. The video will be available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nNO REGISTRATION REQUIRED \nThis event is presented by Family Action Network (FAN). Gorton Center is proud to partner with FAN as a sponsor of this event to bring this programming to our patrons. 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/fan-selfless-the-social-creation-of-you/
LOCATION:Evanston Township High School Auditorium\, 1600 Dodge Ave\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States
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SUMMARY:FAN- Quietly Hostile: A Conversation with Samantha Irby
DESCRIPTION:Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wow\, No Thank You\, Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page with Quietly Hostile\, a much-anticipated new collection of side-splitting essays\, and not a moment too soon. Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well\, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online\, where she can crop out all the ugly parts. \nIrby got a lot of weird emails about Carrie Bradshaw\, and not only is there diarrhea to avoid\, but now—anaphylactic shock. She is turned away from restaurants for being inappropriately dressed and looks for the best ways to cope\, i.e.\, reveling in the offerings of QVC and adopting a deranged pandemic dog. Filled with such unabashed gems as advice for the bathroom etiquette you were dying to know but always too afraid to ask about and an exposé on how to speak with an actual teenager\, Quietly Hostile makes light as Irby takes us on another outrageously funny tour of all the gory details that make up the true portrait of a life behind the screenshotted depression memes. Relatable\, poignant\, and uproarious\, once again\, Irby is the tonic we all need to get by. \nIrby writes the blog bitches gotta eat\, and has several bestselling essay collections\, including the New York Times #1 bestseller Wow\, No Thank You and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. She was a writer and co-producer on And Just Like That …\, the HBO reboot of Sex and the City. Irby is an Evanston Township High School alum. \nIrby will be in conversation with Megan Stielstra\, the author of three collections: Everyone Remain Calm\, Once I Was Cool\, and The Wrong Way to Save Your Life\, the Nonfiction Book of the Year Award from the Chicago Review of Books. A longtime company member with 2ndStory\, she has told stories for National Public Radio\, the Museum of Contemporary Art\, and regularly with the Paper Machete live news magazine at the Green Mill. She teaches creative nonfiction at Northwestern University and is an editor-at-large with Northwestern University Press. \nThis event suitable for youth 16+. The event will be recorded but not live streamed. The video will be available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nThis event is presented by Family Action Network (FAN). Gorton Center is proud to partner with FAN as a sponsor of this event to bring this programming to our patrons. 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/fan-quietly-hostile-a-conversation-with-samantha-irby/
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SUMMARY:FAN- Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today
DESCRIPTION:BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Your Future Self from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Hershfield and Pink that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nWe’ve all had the desire to travel through time and see what our lives will be like later in life. While we want the best possible future for ourselves\, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that a reality. Why do we choose steak over vegetables at dinner\, waving off concerns about high cholesterol? Why do we splurge on luxury cars rather than save for retirement? Why can’t we stick to our exercise programs? Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? \nBased on over a decade of groundbreaking research\, Hal Hershfield\, Ph.D.’s new book Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today explains that\, in our minds\, our future selves often look like strangers. Many of us view the future as incredibly distant\, making us more likely to opt for immediate gratification that disregards the health and wellbeing of ourselves in the years to come. People who can connect with their future selves\, however\, are better able to balance living for today and planning for tomorrow. Your Future Self presents the science\, describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future\, and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so that we can make that a reality. \nHershfield is a professor of marketing\, behavioral decision-making\, and psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management\, where he has won numerous awards for his teaching and research. His research on future selves has received widespread attention in outlets such as NPR\, the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Boston Globe\, the Washington Post\, and The Atlantic. Hershfield’s research has been published in prestigious business\, psychology\, and general science academic journals\, as well as in the Harvard Business Review\, Scientific American\, and Psychology Today. \nHershfield will be in conversation with Daniel Pink (FAN ’18 and ’22)\, the 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. Pink was host and co-executive producer of Crowd Control\, a television series about human behavior on the National Geographic Channel that aired in more than 100 countries. He has appeared frequently on NPR\, PBS\, ABC\, CNN\, and other TV and radio networks in the U.S. and abroad. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nThis event is presented by Family Action Network (FAN). Gorton Center is proud to partner with FAN as a sponsor of this event to bring this programming to our patrons. 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/fan-your-future-self-how-to-make-tomorrow-better-today/
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SUMMARY:FAN- Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
DESCRIPTION:BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Anatomy of a Breakthrough from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Alter that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nAlmost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you’re muddling through a midlife crisis\, wrestling writer’s block\, trapped in a thankless job\, or trying to remedy a fraying friendship\, the resulting emotion is usually a mix of anxiety\, uncertainty\, fear\, anger\, and numbness. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Anatomy of a Breakthrough is the roadmap we all need to escape our inertia and flourish in the face of friction. \nAdam Alter\, Ph.D.\, a professor of marketing and psychology at New York University’s Stern School of Business and the Stansky Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow\, has spent the past two decades studying how people become stuck and how they free themselves to thrive. In his new book\, Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most\, Alter reveals that the solution rests on a process he calls a friction audit—a systematic procedure that uncovers why a person or organization is stuck\, and then suggests a path to progress. The friction audit states that people and organizations get unstuck when they overcome three sources of friction: HEART (unhelpful emotions); HEAD (unhelpful patterns of thought); and HABIT (unhelpful behaviors). \nAlter is the author of the 2017 book Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked\, and has written for The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, WIRED\, Slate\, Huffington Post\, and Popular Science\, among other publications. \nAlter will be in conversation with David Epstein (FAN ’16 and ’20)\, a science writer and author of the New York Times bestsellers Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World\, and The Sports Gene. Epstein was previously an investigative reporter at ProPublica\, and prior to that a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. His two TED Talks on human development and performance have been viewed 12 million times. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nThis event is presented by Family Action Network (FAN). Gorton Center is proud to partner with FAN as a sponsor of this event to bring this programming to our patrons.
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