Zonta Club of Corvallis

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One of the Keynote speakers at the recent Zonta Convention in Brisbane was Lisa Blair. She is a multi world record holding sailor and has sailed solo around Antartica. Think it sounds crazy?? You should have seen some of the video of what she faced. When in Sidney, my travel mate Sheena and I saw Lisa's boat? ship? vessel? tied up in the harbour. Lisa is passionate about Climate Change. She had people right thoughts about climate change on post it notes and then had them screened printed on to the skin of the boat - aptly named Climate Change Now.

Save the date:
North America Inter-District Meeting
June 20-22
Novi, Michigan
Thanks Cindy Schoonmaker Vickery

Huge Congratulations ZONTA International Board 2024-2026
Salla Tuominen, President; Fernanda Gallo Freschi, Vice President and
Sandy Venn-Brown, Stanthorpe, Australia is Vice President elect!
Ela Pandya, Phillippa Jacobs-Lory are also some of the ZI Directors
Congratulations...

🌏✨ Club members from all over the world are heading to the Zonta International Leadership Convention in Brisbane, Australia this week.✨🌏

We're looking forward to this global event, addressing critical goals like gender equality, climate justice, ending gender-based violence, and ensuring women are represented in decision-making positions. We'll also focus on international leadership and engagement with like-minded organizations.

Stay tuned for updates from our adventure Down Under!

Thanks you Kate Caldwell for your service as president of the Zonta Club of Corvallis! Congratulations to Ginny Lucker on becoming president 2024-2025!

👩🏽‍🏫 ZONTA HISTORY LESSON

Marian De Forest, a playwright and reporter in Buffalo New York, founded the Zonta Club in Buffalo in 1919. Her goal was to bring together like-minded professional women, which at that time were a distinct minority in the world of work. The nine-club Zonta Confederation formed in upstate New York grew to become Zonta International that currently has 30,000 members in more than 1,150 clubs across 63 countries, a truly global organisation. An excellent summary of her achievements can be found at www.suffragettecity100.com/wcw75

Zonta Club of the Coos Bay Area Zonta is a powerful organization of women and men creating positive change in women’s lives throughou

ACT NOW! DEADLINE IS: Monday, April 15th
Spread the word.
The Rusnak Scholarship and up to 10 Zonta Club STEM scholarships. These scholarships are earmarked for female students at OSU who have junior or senior standing entering 2023 Fall Term and are focused on a career in science, technology, engineering or math. LBCC students who are transferring to OSU in the fall of 2023 with junior or senior standing and meet other qualification criteria are eligible to apply. See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/

HURRY, Less than a week until Deadline April 15!!!
The Grateful Nation Scholarship will be awarded to a female OSU undergraduate or graduate student (or a Degree Partnership undergraduate) who has served in one of the armed branches of the U.S. military since September 10, 2001. See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships

There are two significant threats to women achieving their full potential: violence and climate change. Through Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women, Zontians are very familiar with how violence and power imbalances can impact women’s safety and careers; they may not be as familiar with how climate change magnifies gender inequality.

Around the world, millions of people have already lost their homes and livelihoods due to extreme weather events caused by climate change. Most of them are women.

When extreme heat, drought, fires, storms, floods, and sea-level rise disrupt lives and livelihoods, women are less likely than men to recover. Why? Because systemic gender inequality has led to women having fewer resources and choices than men.

With each climate-related disaster, women fall farther behind men. Women are less able to rebuild their lives due to the widening gender gaps in education, pay, legal rights, leadership, and societal responses to climate change.

Globally, most of those affected by poverty and lack of literacy are women; they are often in casual or part-time work and, in many countries, are not allowed to own land, get a loan, sign a contract, or open a bank account. During climate-related disasters, women are more likely to be injured or killed, lose their job, or be forced into slavery or prostitution to survive. Girls are at high risk of being forced to leave school or marry early.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! APPY NOW!
See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships

Our own Selma Starns pioneering the way! Congratulations Selma!

APPLY NOW! Deadline: April15th
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Two scholarships, $1,500 each, are being offered. Applicants must be committed to a career in a technology field. First consideration will be to a woman entering a field or profession where women are underrepresented. Must be currently enrolled female student at Linn-Benton Community College with one of the following majors: Career Technical Education; Civil Engineering Technology; Computer Aided Design & Drafting; Construction and Forestry Equipment Technology; Criminal Justice; Heavy Equipment/Diesel Technology; Machine Tool Technology; Mechatronics/Industrial Automation Technology; Network Systems Administration; Non-Destructive Test and Evaluation; Social Media Specialist; Visual Communication; Water, Environment and Technology; Web/Database Technology; or Welding and Fabrication Technology.
See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships

APPLY NOW! Deadline: April 15th
Please Share.
This Zonta scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student at LBCC or OSU who has taken at least a one year break in their education but who has resumed studies. Preference given to older-than-average students with family obligations. See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships

APPLY NOW! DEADLINE is April 15th
Spread the word...
The Grateful Nation Scholarship will be awarded to a female OSU undergraduate or graduate student (or a Degree Partnership undergraduate) who has served in one of the armed branches of the U.S. military since September 10, 2001. See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships

APPLY NOW! DEADLINE IS: April 15th
Spread the word.
The Rusnak Scholarship and up to 10 Zonta Club STEM scholarships. These scholarships are earmarked for female students at OSU who have junior or senior standing entering 2023 Fall Term and are focused on a career in science, technology, engineering or math. LBCC students who are transferring to OSU in the fall of 2023 with junior or senior standing and meet other qualification criteria are eligible to apply. See application for specific criteria on our website: https://www.zontacorvallis.org/zontascholarships
https://www.zontacorvallis.org/

“We need to adopt a multidimensional approach [to eradicate women's poverty].
One that should include, among other measures, equal access to resources and services such as:
✔️Land
✔️Health care
✔️Family planning
✔️Education
✔️Labour market”

- The President of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis speaking at Opening

EQUAL PAY DAY
Here are some statistics presented by Zonta today in NY at CSW68 (Commission on the Status of Women)

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(Commission on the Status of Women) has begun! Members of Zonta International are meeting in person and online, ready to learn more about how to for Women and Girls. Visit www.zonta.org/events to see the list of our CSW Virtual Events and join in to learn more.
Go to https://ngocsw.org/ngocsw68/ to register for the Forum.

On INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY / ZONTA ROSE DAY,
we recognized women in our community promoting CLIMATE JUSTICE.
FRANCES STILWELL (Artist, painted and recorded landscapes across Oregon regions and zones. The paintings were donated to the Oregon Historical Society..)

Sixteen Days of Activism!

Welcome to Zonta Club of Corvallis’ Day 13 of “Sixteen Days of Activism” for 2023

Learn more and get involved with to violence against women and supporting gender equity at ZontaSaysno.com