About Us

Our Mission Statement

“Friends Transforming Communities Through Service”

Our Vision

“Empowering Our Community to Achieve Its Personal Best”

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists 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. 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. Our core values are friendship, integrity, honesty, service, commitment, family relationships, courage, respect for self and others, legacy, confidentiality, responsibility, and accountability. The members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision makers and opinion leaders. The Links, Incorporated has attracted many distinguished women who are individual achievers and have made a difference in their communities and the world. They are business and civic leaders, role models, mentors, activists, and volunteers who work toward a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership. Links members contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually – strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation. The organization is the recipient of awards from the UN Association of New York and the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation for its premier programs. In 2019, The Links, Incorporated was nominated for a Luxembourg Peace Prize by the Schengen Peace Foundation and recognized by the late Congressman John Lewis as a distinguished organization of outstanding community service and influence. The outstanding programming of The Links, Incorporated has five facets which include Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. The programs are implemented through strategies such as public information and education, economic development, and public policy campaigns.

The Greater Denton County (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated Was established on June 9, 2012, becoming the 275th chapter of The Links, Incorporated. The membership of The Links, Incorporated consists of more than 17,000 professional women of African descent in 299 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. It is one of our 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 Greater Denton County (TX) Chapter embraces our core values of friendship, integrity, honesty, service, commitment, family relationships, courage, respect for self and others, legacy, confidentiality, responsibility, and accountability. Like The Links, Incorporated members, the Greater Denton County (TX) Chapter members are influential decision-makers and opinion leaders. Our members are distinguished women who are individual achievers in various fields, including the legal, medical, corporate, and non-profit sectors, committed to making a difference in our communities and the world. We are business and civic leaders, role models, mentors, activists, and volunteers who work toward a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership.

The Greater Denton County (TX) chapter members have contributed more than 25,000 documented service hours to our communities since our chartering –strengthening our communities and enhancing people’s lives across the United States and abroad.

As an award-winning chapter, the outstanding programming of the Greater Denton County (TX) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated, focuses on five facets: Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services, and Health and Human Services. Our programs are implemented through various strategies, including but not limited to public information and education campaigns, economic development programs, and public policy endeavors.