Sunday, January 29
11AM Celebration of Life
"On (Still) Being White in a (Still) Black Neighborhood,"
The Reverend Brian H. Covell, preaching
You might have noticed the anomaly presented in the title above. On the edge of Black History Month, Brian will refer to current understandings of racial identity in his message. He'll also recall his almost decade-long experience in leadership at Third in giving his take--and continuing hopes--for the congregation's presence in Austin.
10am Forum
"People Wasn't Made to Burn,"
Joe Allen, speaking.
Joe Allen, who spoke here in 2008 on his last book on the Viet Nam war and protest thereof, will come back again with his new book, "People Wasn't Made to Burn". The book explores the story of James Hickman who, in 1947, shot and killed the landlord he believed was responsible for a tragic fire that took the lives of four of his children on Chicago's West Side. Although threatened with the death penalty, the defense campaign showed how poverty and racism led to his crime and helped win Hickman's freedom. Joe Allen is a frequent contributor to the International Socialist Review and a long-standing activist, based in Chicago.
Current News from the This Week at TUC e-mail.
Future Planning Conversations will be held February 12th, 19th and 26th and March 4th at 12:15 to discuss TUC's 2012-13 visioning, budgeting and pledging effort. Contact the church office for more information.
Reading Reduced Recidivism (RRR) Workgroup has a book list for Stateville prison, a maximum-security prison for men north of Joliet. Contact the church office for more information.
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