On Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, Congressman Al Inexperienced will host the 2nd Annual Slavery Remembrance Legislative Replace and Commemorative Breakfast on the Wyndham Lodge (8686 Kirby Dr., Houston, TX 77054) at 8:30 a.m. The free-to-the-public occasion (Eventbrite registration requited) seeks to supply attendees with the newest information on the place Inexperienced’s laws stands—a invoice that seeks to implement a Nationwide Day of Slavery Remembrance yearly on Aug. 20.
Inexperienced envisions the annual occasion serving to make sure the evils of slavery are by no means forgotten and by no means repeated.
“I’m honored to host this historic Slavery Remembrance Legislative Replace that
pays tribute to the enslaved and their descendants,” stated Inexperienced. “As a nation, we should acknowledge the horrors of slavery and legislate a future that upholds equality and justice for all.”
Inexperienced’s decision was launched and handed within the U.S. Home of Representatives within the 117th Congress and acknowledged by President Joe Biden in 2022. Nevertheless, the laws has not but been handed within the U.S. Senate.
The occasion may also honor the late State Consultant Al Edwards, “Father of Juneteenth” and supply a salute to Houston’s historic Black Press.
D’Quay Williams, a neighborhood entrepreneur who plans on attending the occasion, stated such a remembrance is lengthy overdue.
“Our ancestors’ blood, sweat and tears constructed America,” stated Williams. “What’s the holdup with giving us our props?”
State Rep. Ron Reynolds additionally plans to attend.
“I sit up for attending Congressman Al Inexperienced’s 2nd Annual Slavery Remembrance Day occasion,” stated Reynolds. “The time is ripe for this occasion with the current assaults in Texas and throughout the nation in opposition to instructing college students about slavery primarily based on the anti-woke MAGA agenda of ending important race idea.”
Reynolds sees an annual day of remembrance as important to the county’s well-being.
“We should not enable anybody to whitewash America’s unique sin of slavery and the huge contributions that enslaved people made in constructing this nation. We should always at all times focus on the necessity for reparations to be paid to the descendants of the enslaved.”
The occasion will highlight key legislative initiatives, together with the laws creating Slavery Remembrance Day, in addition to laws regarding historic figures John Brown and Nat Turner. Inexperienced will spotlight efforts to safe Congressional Gold Medals for the enslaved, recognizing their immense contributions because the financial foundational moms and dads of America’s financial greatness, just like what Congress did for Accomplice troopers in 1956.
