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 Scholarship Awardee Chosen!

The Zonta Club of Northampton Area invited all who were instrumental in the creation of the Lynn Goodhue Zonta STEM Scholarship to join the February 19 meeting to celebrate our first awardee!  Her name is Baran Zibaei, and she is an incredibly well qualified PhD candidate in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Western New England University in Springfield.  

Baran’s inspirational acceptance speech in printed HERE, with permission.

Read about Baran and about this prestigeous scholarship.  

The Zonta Club of Northampton invites you to join us at next meeting, Thursday, October 16 at 6:30 to meet Stacia Hallisey from the Midwifery Exchange in Ghana who will be our speaker. They work with birth workers in rural areas in Ghana and have recently coordinated efforts in Liberia. They focus on continuing education for midwives and have been active in Ghana since 2019. Here is their website for more information:  https://www.midwiferyexchangeinghana.org/
We are excited to learn more about their efforts and to see how we could help facilitate connections with our Zontian members in Ghana to support their initiatives. If you’re not able to come in person, we have a virtual option link below, but we understand that meeting in person is always ideal and we have fun sharing food and stories together at the Collaborative of Education, 97 Hawley St. Northampton, MA.
Google Meet joining info (link will be open at 6:00 to assist logins if needed)
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mmf-wkds-scj
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-729-4186‬ PIN: ‪408 482 815‬#
 
We will also be sharing the latest details of our STEM Scholarship and upcoming District Conference in Boston Oct 24-26. To learn more: Fall Conference 2025 – Zonta District 1  Please contact us if you have any questions.
 

The Zonta Club of Northampton Area installed three new members: Laurie Messer and Gena Rotas and returning member, Alexis (Lexi) Johnson. Shown here: Donna Sroka, co-President, Laurie Messer, Jayma Hall-Membership Chair, Lexi Johnson, Christine Rotas-daughter of Gena Rotas, and Gena.

“Tehani’s graduation was wonderful. She was the student speaker! I was so proud of both her and Khushi. Zontian connections worldwide!”  Past District Governor Donna Sroka met Tehani at the ZI Convention in Hamburg, Germany in 2022. Learning that she was attending nearby Mt. Holyoke College, Donna offered to be a resource for her, and a 4-year friendship was formed. 

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.