Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFGE Member Ceretta Smith Wins Grovetown City Council Election

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AFGE member Ceretta Smith has won her City Council campaign in Grovetown, Georgia, a city in Columbia County.

In her work as a union activist for AFGE, Smith’s leadership has shone in several roles: women’s and fair practices coordinator, chief steward, legislative political coordinator, local president and Georgia state council president.

“My background drives my aspirations to make sure that everyone has a voice in shaping local government,” Smith says on her campaign website. “I believe we need more people in local government that will put people first: leaders that will listen and lead from a place of understanding and compassion and consider every voice in our community.”