National History

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of nearly 17,000 professional women of color in 299 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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.

The Links, Incorporated is an organization of accomplished, dedicated women who are active in your community. The Links members are newsmakers, role models, mentors, activists and volunteers who work toward the realization of making the name “Links” not only a chain of friendship but also a chain of purposeful service. For more details about the national organization of Links, click here.