City Manager Greg Veliz, Mayor Teri Johnston, and Zonta members Mechelle Burgohy and Alison Kerr.

Zonta’s 16 Days of Activism

Mayor Teri Johnston and the City Commission has proclaimed 16 Days of Activism beginning November 25th in honor of an important effort by the Zonta Club of Key West. The effort is aimed at raising awareness about violence against women.

“Violence against women is not a women’s issue,” read the proclamation, “but a societal issue, often rooted in misinterpretations of history, inadequate laws, culture, and religions, traditional ideas of feminine and masculine identities.”

The Zonta Club of Key West, which includes 24 members that are women of professional and executive backgrounds, encourages the community to wear orange, the color designated in the “Zonta says No” campaign.

Zonta member Alison Kerr noted that, as in past years, they will be tying orange ribbons on the palms along North Roosevelt Blvd. as a reminder that Zonta says “no” to violence against women

The effort is part of a larger movement in which Zonta Clubs all over the world are engaging in an anti-violence campaign in conjunction with the United Nations and Zonta International.

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