About The Links, Incorporated

 

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of over 15,000 professional women of color in 288 chapters located in 42 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.

 

Our Core Values are Friendship, Integrity, Honesty, Service, Commitment, Family Relationships, Courage, Respect for Self and Others, Legacy, Confidentiality, Responsibility, and Accountability. The members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision makers and opinion leaders. The Links, Incorporated has attracted many distinguished women who are individual achievers and have made a difference in their communities and the world. They are business and civic leaders, role models, mentors, activists and volunteers who work towards a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership. Links members contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually – strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation. The organization is the recipient of awards from the UN Association of New York and the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation for its premier programs.

 

The outstanding programming of The Links, Incorporated has five facets which include Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. The programs are implemented through strategies such as public information and education, economic development, and public policy campaigns.

 

About the  Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated

Extending the chain of friendship and service to the South was a natural progression. Thirteen women shared that vision and established the organization’s sixth club in eastern North Carolina on April 18, 1948. The Wilson-Rocky Mount-Tarboro Club was the first in what is now known as the Southern Area. Today, with over 4,500 members, the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, includes 80 chapters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. With signature programs One Mission, One Love, #SALinksLoveHBCUs and Links Winning the War on HIV, The Southern Area’s  aim to enhance, sustain and preserve the culture, health and economic viability of African Americans and people of color continues. For additional information about the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated visit www.salinksinc.org.