National History

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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.

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Local History

With fourteen civic-minded women comprising its charter membership, The San Antonio Chapter of The Links, Incorporated was formally installed during a chartering ceremony on December 10, 1960. The Charter Members of the San Antonio (TX) Chapter are: Ophelia Aycock, Josephine Bellinger, Helen Booker, Bella Cameron, Christine Clardy, Doris Horne Ellison**, Anna Harris, Vernis Hudgins, Myrtle Hurd, Alma Inge, Marion Johnson, Lillian Story, Julia Taylor and Augusta Whittier.

**Active Charter Member
Link Doris Horne Ellison

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San Antonio (TX) Chapter

The Links, Incorporated

Officers

2021 – 2023

PRESIDENT, Deborah Stanton Burke

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT, Paula E. Miles

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, Angela Stokes Jolivette

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, Jeanine Martin

RECORDING SECRETARY, Karen Trotty Douglas

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, Yonnie Blanchette

FINANCIAL SECRETARY, Michelle M. Hayes

TREASURER, Tina Tatum

PARLIAMENTARIAN, Margaret C. Winn

HISTORIAN, Lillian Jones

CHAPLAIN, Velma Kemp

SERGEANT AT ARMS, Rhonda Harris

Current Members (Active)

Rosaland Guidry Anderson Laura  Banks-Reed+ Yonnie Blanchette Danese Blankenship Aissatou Sidime-Blanton Deborah Stanton Burke Jelynne LeBlanc Burley Dianna Moseley Burns-Banks Marnice Cheryl Davis Sharon Crockett-Ray Mary Peters Davis SchRhonda Dunn Doris Horne Ellison*+ Kathryn Dorsey Harris Rhonda Harris Tricia Hilliard Yvonne E. Hilliard Renée Horne Kayla J. Jackson Melinda Jenkins Sharalyn Johnson Yolanda Michelle Johnson Angela Stokes Jolivette Lillian Martin Jones Sharla Jones-Flaum

Angela Kaiser Wynette Hadnott Keller Harriet O’Banion Kelley Jennifer R. Kelley Margaret A. Kelley Alice Rose Kennedy+ Stacie H. Koonhow Jeanine Martin H. Donna Millhouse Melissa Monroe-Young Devethia Nichols-Thomposon Kendahl Owoh Bonnie Prosser-Elder Francine Prosser-Johnson Dionne Roberts Geneé Schexnayder Aisha Smith Tara Margin Sutton Sharon Gardner Swisher Tina Tatum Joycelyn Theard-Battles Monique Bell Verson Christine J. Warren Dorathy Washington Tina Rawls Wright Mattie Lynette Young

Alumna Members

Brenda Winborne Anderson Thelma Taylor Andrews Shawana Freeman Blair Ollie Sanders Bryant (2022) Minnie Walker Collins Deborah Collins Crawford (2022)

Joan Hartfield Duncan Maria Stevenson Greene Clarice Thompson Jackson (2022) Carolyn C. James Barbara Price Lawrence Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce

*Charter Member

+Platinum Member