Zonta Mankato
What is Zonta?
Zonta is a group of individuals who have a passion for making their community and world better for women and girls. Zonta Mankato meets once a month to discuss ideas, work on projects, and build community together. Along with monthly meetings, members have the opportunity to join smaller committees for different areas that they want to be a part of. Such as Style Show, Memberships, and community outreach, etc, committees. We believe everyone has special gifts, and the more diverse the qualities, the better. Not only do we come together to work, but we also come together in friendship.
What do advocate for?
Zonta Mankato and International members work at the international, national and local levels to realize our vision of a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential, where women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men, and where no woman lives in fear of violence.
Ending Gender-Based Violence - Ending Child Marriage - Expanding Access to Education - Advocating for Gender Equality
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REquirments
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Zonta Club is open to all genders.
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18 and older.
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Zonta is a membership club with a once-a-year renewal.​
​​If you are interested in joining the cause, have any questions, or are intrigued to learn more,
Zonta Club of Mankato: Deep roots in the Mankato area, and supporting women locally and globally.
Zonta Club of Mankato was chartered in September 1974. Initially, the club's membership was older women from traditionally administrative careers. Over the years, membership has diversified across generations, from college age to retirees, and careers. Although guided by the international organization, the members put their own special stamp on the Mankato club, reflecting the membership and community.
Service is a core focus of the group, along with friendship and community. In recent years we have added a learning component to our activities, with our co-sponsorship of Conversations That Matter, which invited respectful conversation about a wide range of topics from self-care to the journey of transgender members of our community.
The club is very generous and sponsors yearly scholarships for girls and women in local high school and college programs. These scholarships have impacted numerous young women in southern Minnesota as they continue their education.
Zonta Club of Mankato is a welcoming and vibrant organization that is open to women and men who want to serve their community. One member sums it up when she refers to Zonta Club of Mankato, “as fun with a purpose.”
