WATERTOWN, NY (April 16, 2024) – WPBS is pleased to present a free film screening of “Where Can We Live in Peace” at Emmanuel Congregational Church – 119 South Hamilton Street, Watertown, NY on Friday, April 26 at 7:00 pm. This moving documentary by award-winning Canadian documentary film director Judy Jackson spotlights the work of Pastor Ignacio Ramirez at the ABBA migrant shelter in Celaya, Mexico, which helps migrants fleeing violence, poverty and climate change. It is the only shelter that helps migrants who fall when traveling on freight trains and lose limbs, and is a microcosm of justice and compassion in a sea of despair. Learn more about the film at: www.judyfilms.com.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact WPBS Event Coordinator, Cindy Tyler at ctyler@wpbstv.org.
Where Can We Live in Peace will be broadcast on WPBS-TV Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 pm.
About Emmanuel Congregational Church
Emmanuel is an Open and Affirming congregation! In 2004 one of the items that needed to be addressed was the proposal to become an “Open and Affirming” UCC Church. This means that we voted as a congregation to formally and boldly declare that we welcome all people, as Christ did, as beloved children of God, regardless of race, sex, age, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, differing abilities, or the state of one’s spirituality. We join hundreds of other United Church of Christ congregations across the country as a multi-racial, multi-cultural, and open and affirming church.
About WPBS
WPBS is a PBS station serving approximately 650,000 households throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario via cable, satellite, Internet and over-the-air distribution. WPBS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, inform, and engage its two-nation region with exceptional and trusted content across multiple platforms. Its vision is to be the premier provider of extraordinary public media that instills wonder and curiosity across generations and borders. More information about WPBS, including a full channel listing, is available at wpbstv.org, or by following WPBS on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
