Board Member Honored for Commitment to Civil Rights

Posted October 11, 2024, 1:35 PM. Updated October 16, 2024, 11:36 AM.

Tome-Warito receiving Clyde Warrior Civil Rights Recognition.

APS Board of Education member Ronalda Tome-Warito will receive the prestigious Clyde Warrior Civil Rights Recognition during a ceremony on Oct. 18.

The award honors community members who uphold Warrior’s commitment to civil rights and community activism. Warrior, a founder of the National Indian Youth Council, was a noted speaker on Native self-determination in the 1960s.

The Youth Council, now known as the Native Professional Advancement Center, was founded in 1961 and works to ensure self-determination for the state’s Native American communities.

The recognition is scheduled to be held at 3 p.m. at the Albuquerque Museum. Board member Tome-Warito is in her first term on the school board.