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The Links, Incorporated is an exclusive non-profit organization based upon the ideals of combining friendship and community service. The organization was founded in Philadelphia on November 9, 1946, from a group of ladies known as the Philadelphia Club. The Links, Incorporated is comprised of primarily professional African-American women, who are dedicated to enhancing civic, educational, and cultural endeavors. Membership is extended to candidates nominated and approved by currently active Link members. Currently, The Links, Incorporated surpasses 10,000 members and 274 chapters internationally. ^[1]. Image File history File links AmericaAfrica. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... 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Founders

• Margaret Rosell Hawkins
• Sarah Strickland Scott

Original Members of the Philidelphia Club

• Frances Atkinson
• Katie Murphy Green
• Marion Minton
• Lillian Stanford
• Myrtle Manigault Stratton
• Lillian Wall
• Dorothy Wright

The Four Facets of The Links, Incorporated

The Links, Incorporated focuses primarily on four strategic areas of interest ("facets"):

• National Trends and Services: Currently, The Links sponsor Linkages to Life: Organ Tissue and Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Program, which promotes the organ donations. Due to a deficit of available organs, and many people needing transplants, this issue proves vital to national health care initiatives.
• Services for Youth: The Links, Incorporated, offers programs such as Operation SEED and "Just Say 'No'!" in order to educate youth about the perils of drug and substanance abuse as well as improve the self-esteem of teens.
• International Trends and Services: The Links are active in the interests of African and Carribean affairs. For example, in "Education Across the Miles," the Links donated more than $300,000 in order to build schools in South Africa and Nigeria.^[2]. On October 21, 2005, the Links were honored at the United Nations 60th Anniversary Gala in New York City. ^[3].
• The Arts: The Links, Incorporated, are actively involved in promoting African and African-American art, in order to educate youth and adults about the artwork's significance. The art component of the Links was put into place by Link Margaret Hough and was placed into the organization in 1964 after the Links's Fourteenth National Assembly in Nassau, Bahamas.^[4].

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Links Members involvement with NPHC Sororities

Several members of The Links, Incorporated are also members of NPHC sororities (mainly Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated). For example, Founding Link Katie Murphy Green was member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ^[5]. Immediate Past National President of The Links, Gladys Gary Vaughn, is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and; the current National President, Gwendolyn Boyd Lee, is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. ^[6] Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ) Sorority, formed in January 15, 1908 at Howard University, became Americas first Greek-letter organization established by Black college women. ... Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (ΔΣΘ) is a non-profit Greek letter organization of college educated women committed to constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community. ...

Symbols

• The official colors of The Links, Incorporated are Green and White.

• The official flower is the White Rose.

• The Links, Incorporated motto is: "We're each a link in friendship's chain."^[7]

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Contact Information

The Links, Incorporated logo

The Links, Incorporated
1200 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-842-8686

External links

• The Links, Incorporated Official Website

Footnotes