The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit
corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of 12,000
professional women of color in 273 chapters located in 42 states, the
District of Columbia and three foreign countries: the Republics of
Germany and South Africa 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 Inc., National Website

The Links Inc., Western Area
About the Links, Inc.
San Jose Chapter Chartering Date: 1981
The Mission of the San Jose Chapter is to promote and engage in educational, civic,
and inter-cultural activities in order to enrich the lives of its members and the larger
community, and to work together towards achieving common goals.

We provide services in four facets:  The Arts, International Trends, National Trends
and Services, and Services to Youth.

NATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES
The mission of this facet is to empower the membership to effectively empower the various
communities served.  Various health initiatives including Walk for Health, Million Pound
Challenge are just a few of the activities the links promote within Santa Clara County.

SERVICES TO YOUTH
A range of innovative, substantive and sustainable Pre-K-16 programming which contributes
proven results to key educational or social/community issues.  The San Jose Links are a partner
with the Santa Clara Alliance of Black Educators and with The Arts programs.

INTERNATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES
The Links, Incorporated has a mission through it’s Global Trilogy of International Trends and
Services, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and the Signature Program, “Education Across
the Miles” to expand the global platform for programs designed and developed to service the
educational, health and cultural needs of people of African descent throughout the world. San
Jose has also adopted the Lost Boys of Sudan and promote the national programs for Mama Kits
and support some of the needs of local schools built in Africa by the Links Inc.

THE ARTS
The Links, Incorporated has a strong and rich record of support for the performing and visual arts,
especially where it focused on the presentation of artists of color.  Annual support for The Dallas
Black Dance Theater and our annual Spring Youth Recital for students help promote local
achievement in the arts in the Silicon Valley..

                                        








            
The Links Inc. San Jose Chapter        e-mail: links_sanjose@yahoogroups.com
P.O. Box 32163
San Jose, CA  95152