Established in 1946, The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation and is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other people 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.

We are an award-winning organization with a membership 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. Our members are influential decision makers and opinion leaders representing the worlds of business, government, media, academia, philanthropy, the arts, and more. Our mission is to transform our communities through service and by enriching our communities we are improving the quality of life for people of African descent through friendship and service. Routed in service, our Links members contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually – strengthening our communities and ultimately enhancing the nation.