![Representative Sheryl Williams Stapleton, D- Bernalillo](/images/resized/images/news/2016/271_jun28/23_100_100.jpg)
When Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced plans for a Council for Racial Justice on June 4, one of the first people she named to the council was State Representative Sheryl Williams Stapleton, D-Bernalillo.
In a conversation with Stapleton June 16, she described the council as one made up of diverse individuals from around the state.
Stapleton told the Gallup Sun, “I would like to draw attention to issues that affect the living conditions of all New Mexicans, regardless of whether they are white, Asian, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, immigrants.
“There are issues in our state right now that cause neglect to all individuals in our state,” she said.
She specified...