Zonta Club of Charleston

With the assistance of Tim Banks, graphic design professor at the Art Institute of Charleston, our club had the opportunity to work with the Art Institute’s students and pick from several designs presented by them.  This amazing  new poster created by John Gross, a graphic design student of the Art Institute, is the winning design selected by our club members.  We are very grateful to the Art Institute for its support!

What’s new? An update on people and issues featured in Moxie’s first year included an interview with Zonta’s president, Vladia Jurcova-Spencer. Read more at:

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/sep/25/an-update-on-people-and-issues-featured-in-moxies/

The September issue of Charleston Magazine featured the Zonta Wine Social, taking place on September 30 at the Lowcountry Artists Gallery in the Event Calendar section. Please read more at: http://www.charlestonmag.com/events/zonta_wine_social

Megan Fink of MUSC  who joined the Zonta Club of Charleston in May 2009 wrote an article featuring Zonta’s Leadership Breakfast/Roundtable for The Catalyst magazine. The online version of the magazine receives about 500,000 hits each month. Please read the article online at http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/2009/co6-26teaming.html

Photo by the Post and Courier

The event was attended by counselors, law enforcement, community outreach organizations, emergency shelter staff, educators, advocates, clergy, medical professionals, a state legislator.

Following suggestions were made at the breakfast:
Educate children at a younger age about healthy relationships.
Incorporate information on domestic violence into the existing curricula in all schools.
Impose stiffer and consistent penalties for abusers and enforce current laws.

Improve training for first responders on how to screen and refer involved parties to available resources.
Work toward equal treatment of women on the job and in other areas of society.

Make communities aware that anger and violence is not an acceptable or effective way to communicate

Link the available resources so organizations can find each other and victims can find the resources they need.

Kristen Hankla, Moxie report from the Post and Courier, attended the event and wrote an article that was published on June 19. Please read more at: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/19/round_table_brings_agencies_together_tac86427/