Lisa Nicholas
President
Los Angeles (CA) Chapter,
The Links, Incorporated
Welcome to the website of the Los Angeles (CA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated!
We have much for which to be thankful. Our dynamic co-founders, Link Margaret Rosell Hawkins and Link Sarah Strickland Scott created a women’s organization that was far reaching and had a tremendous impact. The growth and the power of the Links, Incorporated has changed lives and transformed communities. Since 1946, we have gone quite a distance from the original conversation in which our founders engaged, always centered around service and our core tenets of friendship. While our focus has not changed, we grow and enhance our programming based on the needs of the community. The Links, Incorporated was organized with the vision of forming a strong chain of women linked together for a threefold common purpose: (1) To help women better understand and assume their civic responsibilities internationally, nationally, and through local chapters; (2) To encourage cultural appreciation through the arts and to develop enriched intergroup relationships; (3) To help its membership provide opportunities for the enrichment of personal friendships. The “Links” is symbolic not only as a chain of friendship but as a chain of purpose.
Organized in 1950, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, has extended the “Links” friendship chain into the Los Angeles community. The Los Angeles Chapter has been an intricate fiber in our local tapestry of life, as a vital support in the often frayed safety net for community organizations and programs. We are proud of the contributions we have made to our community through continuing support of our members and friends. The Links, Incorporated, is an international organization and we are enormously proud of being a part of more than 16,000 women in chapters across the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. The cornerstone of the Links has been its commitment to providing educational, cultural, and civic support to communities through its five facets: Services to Youth, National Trends and Services, The Arts, International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services.
