National History
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of over 14,000 professional women of color in 282 chapters located in 42 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.
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
San Antonio Chapter Officers 2015 – 2017
PRESIDENT, Deborah Stanton Burke
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, Barbara Spriggs
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, Angela Stokes-Jolivette
SECRETARY, Paula E. Miles
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, Sharla Jones-Flaum
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, Kathryn Dorsey Harris
TREASURER, Lillian Martin Jones
PARLIAMENTARIAN, Alice Rose Kennedy
CHAPLAIN, Clarice Golightly-Jenkins
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, Renee Horne
Current Members (Active)
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Rosaland Guidry Anderson Laura Banks-Reed Shawana Freeman Blair Yonnie Blanchette Deborah Stanton Burke Jelynne Burley Dianna Burns-Banks Edra Bush Sherrilynne Cherry Yvonne Horne Clemons Minnie Walker Collins Marnice Cheryl Davis Mary Peters Davis Janice Dolliole Clarice Golightly-Jenkins Kathryn Harris Sharalyn Johnson Stacie Harris-Koonhow Michelle Michiko Hayes Tricia Hilliard Yvonne Hilliard Renee Horne Doris Horne Ellison ** Kayla Jewitt Jackson Lillian Martin Jones
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Sharla Jones-Flaum
Angela Kaiser Wynette Hadnott Keller Harriet O’Banion Kelley Jennifer R. Kelley Margaret A. Kelley Carmen Young Kelsey Velma Willoughby Kemp Alice Rose Kennedy Ruth Jones McClendon Paula E. Miles Renee Thurston Moore Kendahl Owoh Bonnie Prosser-Elder Francine Prosser-Johnson Aissatou Sidime-Blanton Barbara Spriggs Angela Stokes-Jolivette Tara Margin Sutton Ivy Taylor Joycelyn Theard KarenTrotty-Douglas Dorathy Washington Margaret Carmen Winn
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Alumnae Members
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Thelma Taylor Andrews Kaye Parsons Bennett Ollie Sanders Bryant Tessye Thomas Carroll Deborah Collins Crawford
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Jerlene S. Dean
Joan Hartfield Duncan Maria Stevenson Greene Clarice Thompson Jackson Carolyn C. James Barbara Price Lawrence Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce
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