The Whiteside Forum has invited one of our favorite speakers, Norm Moline, Professor Emeritus at Augustana College, on Sunday November 23, 2025 to present "Central Asia: From the Ancient Silk Road to the 21st Century" starting at 2:00pm. We will meet at our customary location in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison St. Morrison, IL, and all are welcome to attend this free event.

Prof. Moline will review the history, current situation and physical geography, which includes some of the world's highest mountains, vast grasslands, and deserts, of this crucial and fascinating place. Please join us as we explore this exotic corner of the world, a crossroads of trade and cultures, more familiar to us since the war in Afghanistan, and ask your questions.

For more information about this event or The Whiteside Forum you can contact Marc Adami by email at marcadami53@gmail.com or text 815-718-5347. All Forum events are free and open to the public.

Contact info:

Marc Adami

300 N. Jackson St.

Morrison, IL 61270

C. 815-718-5347

E. marcadami53@gmail.com

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.