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Violet Edwards swear in

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Violet Edwards swear in
Violet Edwards swear in
First black woman to be sworn in on commission

A date for trial.

In just a few hours - history will be made on the madison county commission!

Nearly 4 months after defeating the incumbent - violet edwards becomes the first black woman to serve on the county commission.

She defeated jes-henry malone for the job back in july.

Waay 31's ashley carter spoke to edwards ahead of today's ceremony.

Ashley?

As you can imagine - edwards said she's excited to be sworn into the commission.

She said this week they're celebrating - but then it's time to start planning the work ahead.

This will be edwards' first time in public office.

Before this - she had a career in journalism and working with non- profits.

She's currently the president of the north alabama coalition for homeless.

Edwards' win will also make history in another way.

She's the first woman in the district six seat ... a district with a majority minority population.

Even though she will be the minority and the only woman on the commission - she told me that's been the case for a lot of her career.

She said she's excited to work with the other commissioners - and believess they'll be a good team to better the county.

Edwards also told me she hopes her leadership role will be representative and inspire others to get into public office "in the words of our vp-elect i might be the first but i definitely will not be the last, and i think that there has been an awakening that in 2020, women and especially black women we've just kind of survived now i feel like we are on fire.

There are no ceilings anywhere in life for us let's just go for it.

It's time for action."

Edwards family will be there to see her get sworn in today - and said the aspect she's most excited about is that her sister.... who is a local attorney.... will be the one delivering her oath of office.

Her swearing-in happens during today's commission meeting at 10 a-m.

Live in hsv ashley c waay 31 news

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