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Stacey Walker

Stacey Walker is a native of Cedar Rapids. In 2016, he became the first Black member ever elected to the Linn County Board of Supervisors.

Now is the time to act. If we have learned anything since George Floyd’s death, it is that we cannot keep waiting for change.