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Congratulations to Anna Dyjach – the Northampton Area Club’s winner of the 2024 Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship, shown here with her family and Education Chair Jayma Hall.  PRESS RELEASE

On May 16th, the 2024-2026 Board was installed by Mary Knight, Zonta District 1 Secretary. Left to right, Mary Knight, Secretary Judith Luddy, Vice President Jayma Hall, Treasurer Verna Frasca, Co-Presidents Audrey Millgate and Donna Sroka

Women in Farming, Gender Equality and Climate Change

On Thursday, October 19, 2023  6:30 p.m., the Zonta Club of Northampton had a hybrid meeting about Women on the Farm – two young Valley women farmers, Ava Blum-Carr and Nicole Fletcher, will share their very different stories of farm entrepreneurship and their personal experiences with gender equality. The ongoing challenge of climate change factors in the daily lives of these women, and we will hear how they adapt and use their ingenuity. 

 
A special segment of the program included a connection to our friends in Zonta clubs far away from our Valley and news from Zonta International about farming and food production in other parts of the world. 

Rep Domb Updated Us on Legislative Process

Mindy Domb is the State Representative for the 3rd Hampshire District which covers town of Amherst and the precincts 1 and 2A in Granby. She visits the Zonta Club of Northampton Area periodically to share the work being done statewide on significant issues facing women and girls today, as well as the topic of climate change.

Climate Intersectionality Workshop, led by guest speaker Ollie Perrault, Director of Youth Climate Action Now. 
We were proud to welcome Ollie last year to learn about how climate is impacting experiences of discrimination and oppression and what we can do about it. 

To read more about this and other workshops and speakers, click here. 


Northampton Zonta has a lot happening these days!

At our May 2022 meeting we celebrated our first in-person meeting since the pandemic. We honored Audrey Milgate’s 50 years of Service! and we welcomed two new members!  Our new meeting place is in Northampton at the Collaborative for Educational Services. At our June meeting we swore in our new board and welcomed another new member. Later in June at the Zonta International Convention in Hamburg Germany, member Donna Sroka was officially sworn in as Governor of Zonta District 1 for the 2022-2024 biennium. If you are looking to make the world better for women and girls, come join us!

The Zonta Club of Northampton Area has been dedicated to Zonta’s mission of empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy since 1934.  Check out our Club’s History.

As you can see at the Centennial Celebration for Zonta International, 1919-2019, we are starting in our 2nd century of making a difference for women!

In addition to supporting Zonta International Foundation for Women  on the global level,
we support several projects locally.

 

Please visit often. We will keep you updated on our activities here and on our Facebook page.