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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
Note: The History of The Links, Incorporated, ends the listing of the national assemblies in 1982. Also, each national assembly was held annually, until 1960, when conventions were held bi-annually.
The exclusiveness of the Links organization, as well as its selection process, helped to shape the importance and impact of each member's involvement. Most Link members are involved with professions relating to business, education, law, politics, military, government, medicine, and entertainment. For example, current Links President Gwendolyn B. Lee proclaimed December 7, 2006 a day for NASA STS-116 astronaut and fellow Link Joan Higginbotham.[23]
Several members of The Links, Incorporated, are also members of the four [19]
While the Raleigh chapter was founded, the group decided to nationalize. During June 1949, delegates, one representing each of the thirteen daughter chapters, met with the original members of the Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia to discuss incorporating the society and to showcase the involvement of each chapter. After the members decided to rename the group, The Links, Incorporated, one of the founders — Sarah Strickland-Scott was named as the first president.[17] The organization was incorporated on March 28, 1951.[18]
Before the incorporation of The Philadelphia Club, fourteen chapters were established between 1947 to 1949, which are shown below:
The seven original members of the club were:[3]
Two home-makers are credited with the group's foundation:[3]
During its early years, meetings were held in members' homes. If a meeting was held in a member's home, she would have to serve as National Medical Association, the National Dental Association, the Urban League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In 1946, two homemakers, Sarah Strickland-Scott and Margaret Rosell Hawkins, had a vision to found a club for colored women which would aim to enrich the community through education and the arts.[12] As a result, on November 9, 1946, Scott and Hawkins formed the Philadelphia Club.
The Links, Incorporated focuses primarily on four strategic areas of interest ("facets"):
Within the organization, the Links, Incorporated's overall goals are to:[4]
[8] The Links, Incorporated consists primarily of professional
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