Abington Friends School will screen the film “The Road to Justice” on Tuesday, December 5 at 7:00pm.

Andre Robert Lee, the film’s executive producer and an alum and teacher at Germantown Friends School, will be present for a “talk back” after the screening.

According to Jenkintown Borough Council member Deborra Sines-Pancoe, Jenkintown has held Community Conversations on Race events since 2017.

“Our goals have been to get people in the community together to talk about racism and how to undo the effects of racism in all of our lives,” she said. “We have the idea that if we keep bringing people together in this way, then when incidents happen in the world or in our communities, we have a group of folks who can address it, have developed the practice of having difficult conversations, can help do some problem-solving, and can help to bring about reconciliation when needed.”

About the film:

The Road to Justice follows two groups on a Civil Rights tour through the American South as they reckon with the profound racial injustice of our recent past. The first, a group of predominantly Black middle school students from Chicago, and the second, a group of older Americans who lived through the 1960’s Civil Rights era. The film is a testament to the power of place and direct experience in creating transformational change. It is also a call to action. The 30-minute film is appropriate for grades seven and higher and can be used to facilitate the challenging conversations we all must have in order to move forward and build a better world.

For more about the film, you can click here. For more on Abington Friends School, located at 575 Washington Lane in Jenkintown, you can visit their website.

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