Congressman Al Green to Host Historic 5th Annual Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update: ‘Harder Yet May Be the Fight’

(Houston, TX) - On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Congressman Al Green will host the historic 5^th Annual Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update Breakfast under the theme 'Harder Yet May Be the Fight.' Special guests include prominent clergy, public officials, and civic organizations from the Greater Houston Area. The event is scheduled to take place at the Wyndham Hotel near NRG Park, located at 8686 Kirby Drive, 610 South Houston, TX 77054, starting at 9:00 AM CT. Seats are limited and free to the general public by registering online by clicking here.

Congressman Al Green's Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update is a timely observance of the Congressional designation of August 20^th as Slavery Remembrance Day. As part of Congressman Green's Conscience Agenda, he will provide updates on legislation recognizing August as Slavery Remembrance Day and Month, awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to the enslaved, America's economic foundational mothers and fathers, and highlighting congressional resolutions honoring Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and former Congressman Craig Anthony Washington for their enduring contributions to the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.

Congressman Al Green stated, "The theme of this year's 5th Annual Slavery Remembrance Day, 'Harder Yet May Be the Fight,' is more than a reflection; it is a call to conscience. It is a solemn reminder that America's greatness was built, in part, upon the unpaid labor and immeasurable sacrifices of more than 10 million lost to the institution of slavery. As we observe this day and commemorate August as Slavery Remembrance Month, we honor the legacies of Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Congressman Craig Anthony Washington, as well as the enslaved whose names history may never record, but whose contributions history can never erase. Their lives remind us that progress has never come without sacrifice, and justice has never prevailed without persistence. If harder yet may be the fight, then greater yet must be our determination to remember, to reconcile, and to repair."

Click here to watch the YouTube Live Stream of the event.