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The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of more than 17,000 professional women of African descent in 299 chapters located in 41 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. 

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Area (Click Here): The Links, Incorporated Southern Area currently includes 84 chapters across seven states and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Members of the Southern Area hail from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Our goal remains to enhance, sustain and preserve the culture, health and economic viability of African Americans and people of color .

 

Local Chapter

The Fayetteville (NC) Chapter was founded February 11, 1951 as the 32nd chapter of The Links, Incorporated. It has served Cumberland County and surrounding areas with distinction ever since.  Charter members included Elizabeth Cameron, Ebbie Dorsay, Inez Ealey, Candice Johnson, Evelyn Groves, Juanita Lewis, Hilda Porter, Geneva Robinson, Beulah Quick, and Jessye Vick.  The bond of friendship and the collective vision of these ten women would set the foundation for voluntarism and philanthropy for the next 60+ years, affecting positive change in the Fayetteville community.