On Thursday, February 20, 2020 the Whiteside Forum will host a book discussion on the book Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzel and take on the big issues of political bias and white privilege.
Please note that this event has been rescheduled to the third Thursday of the month, but will be held at our usual venue in the Program Room of the Odell Public Library at 307 S. Madison St., Morrison, IL starting at 6:30pm.
Author Dr. Metzel is a physician and sociologist and is both a Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University and a prominent national expert on gun violence and mental illness. A portion of the discussion will include a previously recorded video interview with the author.
Book discussions are a lot more interesting if you have read the book, but if you have a time constraint, reading the last chapter “Conclusion: The Castle Doctrine” should suffice.
Different points of view are encouraged, so please join us.
The Whiteside Forum, established in 1985, is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit community group which sponsors presentations and discussions of issues of importance and interest to the public. Issues chosen for conferences have an international dimension as well as local interest and importance. The organization is supported entirely by individual, special and business contributions and all events are free and open to the public.
And don’t forget our upcoming events and please note a date change for our February event:
Thursday March 26, 2020, “Natural Disasters: Floods”
Will include a showing of Iowa Land and Sky: Iowa Cities, Towns and Waterways
Larry J. Weber, Ph.D., Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering and Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics, University of Iowa.
Thursday April 23, 2020, “Humans and the Environment”
Jacob D. Campbell, Ph.D., Environmental Anthropologist, Chicago Region Social Science Manager, Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum of Natural History.
All events start at 6:30pm and are held in the Program Room of the Odell Public Library located at 307 S. Madison St. Morrison, IL 61270