Denim and Diamonds Bullroast Fundraiser
This year we will celebrate our 35th anniversary and we look forward to celebrating with you and with the community
The Links, Incorporated
Links Legislative Luncheon 2024 (Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Washington DC)
Patapsco River (MD) Chapter
The Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated, is an international not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946, consisting of over 17,000 professional women of color in 299 chapters located in 41 states and the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. It is one of our Nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations. Members are 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 Patapsco River (MD) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated was chartered in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1990 and remains dedicated to educational cultural and civic activities.
Dr. Gina McKnight-Smith
President
National Trends
The National Trends and Services Facet is tasked with eliminating disparities by reducing barriers to resources through advocacy, education, and service.
Chapter members in Annapolis.
Arts
The Arts Facet The Links support of the arts can be traced to our cultured co-founder Margaret Roselle Hawkins. The goal of The Arts facet is to increase and expand art activity, and elevate our programs through arts integration and effectively create an arts renaissance within our organization and programmatic efforts.
Health and Human Services
The Links, Incorporated established the Health and Human Services Facet in response to the chronic health disparities that persist in black communities and result in the decreased life expectancy of African Americans and other people of African ancestry.
Chapter members Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
International Trends
The International Trends and Services Facet provides services and delivers transformational programs to people of African ancestry globally so they may have a better quality of life.
PRC members at International Women’s Day Dinner
Services to Youth
The Services to Youth facet uses an integrated approach to prepare young people to succeed as healthy citizens in the global workforce and to promote healthy lifestyles within families and communities. In support of The Links’ mission to enrich and enhance the lives of black youth, the primary goals of this facet are to:
Close the achievement gap from pre-K through college, with the intent of preparing our youth for the global workforce as healthy citizens
Develop training modules for local pre-K through college mentoring programs, to ascertain a high level of support for youth in our communities
Expand and support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education
Promote and support historically black colleges and universities for ensured sustainability
Back to School packing bags
The PRC Scholarship Program
The PRC Scholarship, offered annually to graduating high school seniors who have planned to enroll at HBCUs, will provide scholarships of $2500 (renewable for up to 4 years of undergraduate education) and a mentor to deserving young scholars. Please check back here for the application in January. Applications are due by March 31st. More about the PRC Scholarship Program>>
2024 PRC Scholarship Recipient Brysen Simon