The San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is pleased to invite you to another presentation of Voices at the Table. Initiated in 2023, the free speakers series takes place on the first Sunday of the month. Attendees are invited to bring their questions and engage in lively dialogue. The title of the series, Voices at the Table, comes from a program of town halls Sandra Organ Solis held during COVID to address race in Hays County following a hate incident in Wimberley. The SMUUF series continues the work she started and enlarges the scope to include religious and spiritual groups, racial and ethnic groups, LGBTQIA, and other marginalized populations.
In his June 2024 sermon at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, State Representative and ministerial student James Talarico contrasts the teachings of Jesus with the false ideology of Christian Nationalists and their push to assert power and control over our public schools and institutions. Available on YouTube, the recorded sermon is a brilliant and moving dissection of the two extremes. While you can watch it at home, we invite you to be in community with us to watch it together and take part in collective reflection and conversation afterwards.
Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) was first elected in 2018 to represent District 52, which includes Round Rock (his hometown), Taylor, Hutto and Georgetown in Williamson County. A former middle school teacher, he currently serves on the Texas House’s Public Education Committee, Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee.
James received his Bachelor’s degree in Government from UT-Austin, where he organized students for tuition relief, and later earned a Master’s degree in Education Policy from Harvard University. In August 2022, Rep. Talarico began pursuing a Master of Divinity at Austin Theological Seminary, which he is set to complete this year.
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