The Whiteside Forum will host Captain Marc Adami on Sunday January 29 where he will spin some sea stories of adventure on the high seas in his presentation “My Life at Sea: Pirates, Icebergs, Blowouts and other Disasters.” The presentation will begin at 2:00 pm in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library at 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, IL and is free and open to the public.<br/><br/>Mr. Adami is a retired Master Mariner, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and spent 28 years in the offshore oil industry working on exploration drilling rigs, drill ships, emergency fire fighting/dive support, and well testing vessels around the world.<br/><br/>Audience participation and questions are encouraged during and after the presentation. For more information about the Whiteside Forum or this event please text Marc Adami at 815-718-5347 or email marcadami53@gmail.com.<br/><br/><br/>The Whiteside Forum, established in 1985, is a non
The Whiteside Forum will host guest speakers Paula Schares and Paula Purcell who will speak to the topic “Ukraine: How You Can Help” on Sunday November 27, 2022 starting at 2:00pm in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. Morrison, IL.<br/><br/>All Whiteside Forum events are free and open to the public. If you are interested in the Ukraine and its culture or how Ukrainians are coping in and outside their war torn country and what the U.S. is doing to help, this is your opportunity to hear some personal stories and to ask questions.<br/><br/>Paula Schares, Morrison, IL<br/>Paula will be sharing her experiences with a program called ENGin. ENGin is a nonprofit organization that pairs English speakers with Ukrainians for free online communication practice and cross cultural connections. Volunteers are ages 14+ and work with students ages 10-35.<br/><br/>Paula Purcell, DeWitt IA.<br/>Paula Purcell, Vice Presid
Our major debates over politics and science are primarily debates about ethics. Progress and Polarization: Are things getting better or worse? The Whiteside Forum opens its 2022-2023 season on Sunday October 30, 2022 hosting Dr. Stephen Hicks who will speak to “Ethics and Current Ideological Movements,” starting at 2:00pm in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library at 307 S. Madison St. Morrison, IL. All Forum events are open to the public and free of charge due to the generosity of many individual donors. This is your (rare) opportunity to hear a different perspective and to ask questions of an academic expert in the field of ethics.<br/><br/>Dr. Stephen Hicks is Professor of Philosophy and Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University in Rockford, IL. He is the author of six books that have been translated into 20 languages: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault; Nietzsche and th