After the death of her husband, Purnell was joined in Baton Rouge by her sister Christine Brogdon Gilchrist, a Psychologist who retired from teaching in Detroit. A leading political newspaper has dubbed her relentless attention to this human rights crisis Frederica Wilsons War.. In this role she provided adult education training programs for an average of 69,000 Georgia citizens annually with a staff of over 1200 educators and support staff at 450 sites across the state. Always sensitive to the need for intercultural and social changes in the lifestyles of her community and her people, she was an active member of the Fellowship Commission in Philadelphia. She was a member of the originating Zeta Organizational Leadership committee. During her tenure as head of marketing, communications, creative services, and events for BET Networks, Kelli led all event-related elements of all of the biggest tentpole events in the country, including the BET Awards, Celebration of Gospel, Hip Hop Awards, BET Honors, and more. The Brooklyn, New York native is the Director of the Inforce Systems Division for New York Life Insurance Company in New York City, responsible for managing multi-million-dollar projects and programs, training personnel, and overseeing new product development as the chief administrator of one the companys major subsystems. In 2005, Dr. Newell-Harris received certification in Physician Leadership in Managing Ambulatory Care from the Harvard School of Public Health. She tries to give more than she receives always with a JOYful heart and positive, passionate spirit. She was a member of the Eastern Arts Association, the National Arts Association, and the New Jersey Teachers Association. DCs mayor appointed Adjoa to be her senior policy advisor managing the equity portfolio, and to the Commission on African American Affairsserving as the highest-ranking elected member. She has several decades of active membership and involvement in many civic and community organizations. Congresswoman Beatty is active in The Links, Incorporated, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Columbus Urban League, The American Heart Associationwhere she previously served on the boardand numerous other organizations. As a member of the Schultz family, she is four generations removed from Schultztown, Kentucky. She was an active member of Jackson Street United Methodist Church and was elected corresponding secretary for the Washington Conference of the Methodist Church. Adams was inducted into the Seattle (WA) Chapter and affiliated with the Angel City (LA) Chapter. She has more than 30 years of applied health, minority health, and behavioral medicine research, evaluation, and technical assistance and training experience specializing in health promotion and disease prevention. Over the course of her career, she has held teaching and administrative positions in anthropology, womens studies, and African American studies at several major universities. Further, she has secured more than $10 million in grants for visionary programs involving the professional community in cutting-edge issues such as adolescent pregnancy prevention, family planning, promotion of physical activity among African American youth, school-age child care, and recruitment and retention of minority youth in undergraduate and graduate programs. She has expertise in minority health and behavioral health programs, policies, and related legislation; with subject matter expertise in minority health, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, cardiovascular disease, health disparities, health care reform, tribal issues, re-entry and criminal justice issues, international behavioral health, co-occurring mental health and trauma, and womens and adolescent services. This co-founder and second national president of The Links was graduated from Girls High in January 1927 and entered Philadelphia Normal School the following month. These Wigs Install in Seconds. Retiring gave Mrs. Lee the time and opportunity to become even more involved in the community. President Frazier served as an honorary chair of the 1989 LDEF Equal Justice Dinner in New York City. Today, she works on the House Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Intelligence Committees. This is our real challenge, said Marion Sutherland as she chose for her theme, Cherishing the Past-Cultivating the Present-Creating the Future. In recognition of her services as a consummate volunteer who had dedicated her life to giving service to mankind, The Honorable Norman B. She completed the UPENN Equity Institute for Doctoral Students at the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, and is a doctoral candidate in Leadership (Administration and Policy) at The George Washington University. She attended Cooper Street Elementary School and graduated from Historic I.M. Rep. Demings is a lifelong public servant who broke numerous glass ceilings in her rise through the Orlando Police Department and her election to Congress. YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award She did post-graduate study at Temple University, Vassar, and the University of Pennsylvania. Purnell has also studied at Louisiana State University, Syracuse University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana. There she soon became one of the citys demonstration teachers in art techniques. Kornisha also served as the 2015-2017 Southeastern Regional Secretary, Regional Nominating Committee member for 2 terms, and as Regional Chair of Rules and Regulations. In 2019, she received the Baldridge Leadership Award, and was named by Fortune as One of the Worlds 50 Greatest Leaders. The fourth national president, Vivian J. Beamon, was the first from the Central Area. After 20years at Jackson School, Beamon helped open Hayes School in an area where most of the students were considered culturally deprived. Under her leadership, Hayes School received many foreign visitors and ex-change teachers and was the site of a number of experimental and innovative programs. She was a writer, gourmet cook, and gardener. The National Council of Negro Women, Cleveland Section, Community Service Award A Hoosier by birth, Patricia Russell-McCloud, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana where she attended Shortridge High School. Although she was the third Link to serve as national president, in a true sense Maloney was a first. As the groups co-founders, Sarah Strickland Scott and Margaret Rosell Hawkins were uniquely able to guide its early efforts. She became journalist of her chapter the same year and was elected chapter secretary in 1974. In her eight-year tenure on the Council, she: In 2016, Congresswoman Pressley was named one of The New York Times 14 Young Democrats to Watch. Wright was the Philadelphia (PA) Chapters first treasurer and chair of its Constitution Committee, positions that she also held for the First Assembly in 1949. Rep. Demings began her career in Jacksonville as a social worker, working to protect foster children. As a foremost thought leader and policy architect, she has spearheaded legislative victories to legally establish the nations first Office on African American Affairs, and to introduce and pass the historic anti-hair discrimination CROWN Act. a widening gap over time between the Democrats who were supportive of government interaction with the American polity and Republicans who opposed much of it. She represents the 18th Congressional District of Texas, centered in Houston, which is the energy capital of the world. Helen Grey Edmonds 6. She believes that it is up to you to attain the highest quality of health care and the best outcomes for you and your family. It is believed the reason for this feel good surge is tied to peoples natural desire for meaning and significance. In 1976, the Arlington (VA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated accepted her into membership, which served as a fulfillment to her heartfelt commitment to empowering individuals who may otherwise be denied. She has brought fresh thinking to these businesses and championed high impact purpose driven efforts like Doves founding of the CROWN (Creating and Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Coalition to help foster beauty inclusivity and to eradicate hair discrimination through support of the CROWN Act legislation. National President and CEO, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Evans Smith is the 2017-2021 National President CEO for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., one of the nations largest minority female-owned and operated public service non-profits. Esteemed Alumni, The Ohio State University/100 Years of African American Achievement In addition to awards and commendations in her profession and recognition for her unparalleled contributions to The Links, Wright served as first national president of Jack and Jill. On July 29, 2022, Kornisha McGill Brown was re-elected for a second term as the 27th National President of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated at the 45th National Convention in Orlando, Fl. Julia Brogdon-Purnell 8. After majoring in English at the University of Pennsylvania, she began her career as a teacher in the Philadelphia high schools. With her parents proudly at her side, she received a B.S. In her role as president, she presented the final payment on the pledge of one million dollars to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the largest contribution to UNCF by any Black organization. Gladys Gary Vaughn 14. She was also elected student government president, was a competitive debater through her schools chapter of Junior State of America, was the commencement speaker for her graduating class, and was named most likely to be mayor of Chicago., Congresswoman Pressley moved to Boston, MA in 1992 to attend Boston University, however, after a couple of years of enrollment, she withdrew from the University to help support her mother. Her bipartisan anti-lynching bill passed the Senate in 2018. Then, in the early 1980s, Rep. Demings was inspired to move to Orlando to join the police force. She also serves on the Bowling Green State University (Ohio) Student Affairs Leadership Council. Her challenge to The Links is that a major program for The Links, Incorporated, by the year 2000 should be the establishment and ongoing functioning of a Black Family Institute. This Institute should be a separate and permanent research center which would formulate goals and develop programs which attack mega-problems, and would furnish government, civic organizations, and Links programs the most recent expert knowledge on the Black family. (Ellison: Twenty-fifth Assembly Minutes, p. Academy of Game Changers, Spelman College President Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, with the United States on the brink of civil war. She has been a member of the Columbus, GA (5-Star) Chapter for 13 years where she served as Chapter President, Chapter Vice-President, and much more. For the past 17 years she has served as National President, First Vice President of Programs, Vice President of Finance and Fund Development, National Treasurer and chaired several national committees. The membership consists more than 16,000 professional women of color in 292 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. During this period of service, she established the relationship between The Links and Africare, which resulted in the furnishing of The Links room at the Africare House in Washington, D.C, and in the digging of numerous water wells all over the African continent. She was elected District Attorney of San Francisco in 2003. On November 9, 1946, the Links organization gathered for their first National Assembly, with delegates present from chapters that had been established in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Baltimore Maryland; Central New Jersey; Petersburg, Virginia; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Wilmington, Virginia is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., The Links Inc., The Continental Societies Inc. and Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. Virginia regularly participates in the National Urban Leagues BEEP-Program, lecturing at Historical Black Colleges and Universities. In her state, Virginia, she served on the Central Planning District Commission and the Virginia Cultural Laureate Center. She was subsequently designated as chair of the Civil Service Commission. An energetic and dynamic leader known for creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, she is consistently recognized for her ability to guide organizations through brand-building excellence, agility and operational discipline in light of competitive pressure and a rapidly-evolving marketplace. In 1990, President Frazier and National Program Coordinator Anne Pruitt journeyed to Zambia at the invitation of President Kenneth Kaunda to confer with groups of women in these countries about program efforts with which Links might cooperate. Rep. Demings enjoys spending her very limited free time riding her Harley-Davidson Road King Classic motorcycle. She has also received numerous keys and proclamations from cities/states across the country. Developed a comprehensive, culturally competent, medically accurate, and age appropriate sexual education and health curriculum, which was successfully adopted as a permanent part of the Boston Public Schools wellness policy. However, she is probably best remembered at Girls High for leading her black classmates in a determined effort to attend the annual and, at that time, all-white senior prom. Marion Schultz-Sutherland Past presidents 11-15 11. She joined the staff of the University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics in 1970 as senior pharmacist and in 1973 became director of pharmacy for the university hospitals and clinics. Additionally, she introduced several bills including the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. She is a charter member of the South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter located in the Central Area. Dr. Newell-Harris is a native of North Carolina and a graduate of Miss Porters School in Farmington, Connecticut, where she was the first African-American student. Wright has one daughter and one granddaughter. She is a member of 15th Street Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. and is an Elder in the Church. These words shared by her mentor Founder Fannie Pettie Watts are a daily driving force for Valerie Be the best you can be, do the best that you can, give the best of yourself, and you will go far.She hopes Founder Watts is looking down on her with a smile from above, because she is proud of her accomplishments. Adjoa was an international student at the University of Ghana and is an alumna of the Womens Campaign School at Yale University. It also highlighted the lawmakers ability to successfully work across party lines. She attended Haines School, Tuskegee Institute, and Hampton Institute. The chapter establishment officer was . She has been recognized with numerous awards including Ad Color Legend Award, BE Powerful Women in Business, Ebony Power 100, BET Butterfly Award, Cosmetics Executive Women Achievers Awards, Advertising Age Women to Watch, Women Wear Daily Marketer of the Year, and many more. degree from Howard University and the M.A. Rep. Demings holds an honorary doctorate of laws from Bethune-Cookman University, as well as honorary doctorates from Florida Technical College and City College Fort Lauderdale. So, on June 9, 1984, under the guidance of Lulu Robinson, Rebecca Edmonds, and most notably, the late Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, Past National President of The Links, Incorporated, these 26 women from Orange, Wake and Durham Counties were chartered as the Triangle Park Chapter, The Links, Incorporated. The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project has awarded millions of dollars in college scholarships to help hundreds of young men achieve their dream of earning a college degree or post-secondary certification. Lillian C. Stanford was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from West Virginia State College. Mr. Sutherland attended every Links National Assembly and Western Area Conference since 1971 as well as many other Area Conferences. Greene was the third president of the Philadelphia Chapter. Smith is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and the Delta Research and Education Foundation (DREF). Ultimately, Adjoa is the go-to change agent to mobilize leaders and communities for thoughtful, collective social and political action. The present status of life in our inner cities, with its high unemployment and less than ideal opportunities, demands that we bring together our best minds and talents to resolve these problems with new strategies and tactics. Campbell was appointed Special Agent in Charge of the Liaison Division within the Office of Government and Public Affairs in 2014 where she secured all diplomatic and official passports. Feeling the need to broaden her education just for the joy of it, Link Sutherland earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Sociology from Portland State University and took graduate studies at Seattle Pacific University, majoring in Christian Ministries. . Through her activism and non-profit Salute Selma, Inc., Abina has had the privilege to work and march with people like Congressman John Lewis, Past Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George Bush, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris. Kim E. 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