As a result, her district was awarded billions of dollars in capital funding for major projects like the Port Miami Tunnel, which created thousands of jobs. Cornelius Marion (C.M.) In 1999, Dr. Simpkins was selected byEbony Magazineas one of the countrys most influential Black Americans. The 80-year . 4,5) Thousands of Links share Gayes opinion. 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. She also served on the Transition Committee for current Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. She is also an Aspen-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership, Class of 2012. Dr. Glover is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. She has been described as a visionary and global thought leader, a catalyst for breakthrough results, accelerating progress and contribution while fostering positive relationships. Formerly, Copeland served as Chief Diversity Officer at Key and under her leadership Key was consistently ranked as a Top 50 or Most Noteworthy Company for Diversity by DiversityInc. Prior to joining Unilever, Esi spent more than 15 years as a leader in the dynamic global cosmetics industry. One aspect of her company focuses on teaching the tools that will result in effective communication, savvy navigation and appropriate advocacy. She served at two different times as president of the Philadelphia Chapter, 1963-66 and 1974-75. Adjoa B. Asamoah is a seasoned executive, award-winning impact strategist, international influencer, and leading authority on racial equity, with expertise in organizational and leadership development, leveraging cultural intelligence and behavioral psychology to create meaningful systems change. degree from Howard University and the M.A. Our chapter is honored to be home to Regina Jollivette Frazier, Ninth National President (1986-1990) as well as three Southern Area Directors: Maude K. Reid, (Fifth; 1965-1969), Regina Jollivette Frazier, (Ninth; 1981-1984) and Anne Turner Herriott . As CEO of AARP, Jo Ann Jenkins leads the worlds largest non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization, harnessing the power and passion of almost 2,300 staff members, 60,000 volunteers and numerous strategic partners. At 24, she founded her own cosmetics company, which led to the beauty editors position at Essence, the publication she would go on to shape into a world-renown brand with more than 8 million readers. Soon after graduating from Howard University, Frazier married. She was subsequently designated as chair of the Civil Service Commission. For four consecutive years of her presidency, she was listed in Ebony magazineas one of Americas 100 most influential Blacks and she has been listed in Whos Who Among Black Americans in six successive editions. From 1999 thru 2003, during her time as a Special Agent, Campbell served on the Presidential Protection Division assigned to President William J. Clinton and First Lady Hillary R. Clinton and President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. 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. Smith is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and Golden Torch Honor Societies. The following year she was appointed by the U.S. Department of State as Leader-Specialist in the International Education Exchange to Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and France. Margaret Roselle Hawkins 3. In the previous Congress, she authored, introduced and saw passage of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Each course endeavor afforded new knowledge, growth and understanding. Julia Brogdon-Powell 8. When the family returned to Seattle after a short period in Pullman, Washington where her husband earned a degree in Architecture, Sutherland organized a youth choir around her own children, Chrystal and Clyde. 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. Her interest in Black-operated businesses probably reflects the contributions made in this field by her famous family. As a Rosenwald fellow at New York University, Link Beamon pursued her life-long interest in developing positive educational programs for inner-city children. She also passed a bill that made rape in prison a felony crime. Returning to Miami, she served for a few months as a volunteer coordinator in the Economic Opportunity Program, Inc., of the city. Among the boards on which Dr. Glover has served are Pinnacle Financial Partners, First Guaranty Bancshares, The Lenox Group, and Citigroup-Student Loan Corporation. Much of her life and activities center around her church. 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. They are the proud grandparents of eight grandchildren, six boys and two girls. She is a member of the, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., The Links, Inc., and a Life Member of NAACP. In 1997, President Bill Clinton honored the program, which today serves more than 8,000 students each year, with the Teaching Example for the Nation Award at the Summit for Americas Future. During her tenure in the Ohio House, she rose to become the first female Democratic House Leader in Ohios history and was instrumental in spearheading and enacting legislation to require financial literacy in Ohios public school curriculum, to expand STEM education, and to secure funds to help under- and uninsured women access breast and cervical cancer treatment. She is an active member in her church, Baker Chapel AME where she serves as a Missionary, church school teacher, assistant teacher and Deaconess. She also is a recipient of the UNCF Maya Angelou Women Who Lead award. After Sutherland and her first husband were divorced, she married Colonel Earl Sutherland (ret.) If Not Now, When? recorded in the Congressional Record of the United States (H366l), May l4, 1980; awarded more than 300 keys to American cities; participant in the Friendship Force, a good will tour of Mexico during the Carter Administration; participant in the American-Jewish Committee sponsorship of ten American women of national acclaim on a human relations trip to Israel; featured in theBlack Enterprise Magazineas being one of the Top Five Business Motivators in America;ESSENCEMagazine,EBONYMagazine, andAtlanta Good Life. She also is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and she is among that elite cadre of women to serve on corporate boards of publicly-traded companies. She has served as Precinct Chair for District 8 for over 30 years, a member of Grandmothers Club, and Ethel Ransom Humanitarian & Cultural Club. Regina Frazier 10. It was that enterprising spirit wedded to a deep love for her community that led to the founding of the National CARES Mentoring Movement in 2005 as Essence CARES. Although it cannot be measured, undoubtedly the charm and grace of the setting had a positive effect on the participants. 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. In 1984, daughter Gaye in introducing her mother said: Throughout her career as educator, administrator, community activist, missionary supervisor and mother extraordinaire, Dr. Adams has always committed herself to doing and being her best. As of 2022, the organization has had fourteen national presidents. Take charge of your health is her motto. 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. -Moved ILA Headquarters to 17 Battery Place, New York. She stressed family involvement in all Links program planning and activities. "We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow," he said in criticism of the national . Dr. Edmonds was the first Black woman to become Dean of a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the United States. While teaching at Wilberforce University, Adams met and married John Hurst Adams, then a faculty member at nearby Payne Theological Seminary. During this conversation, our past national presidents will share their valued insight, personal stories on friendship and service, and how they upheld the legacy our co-founders set course to in 1946 during their respective administrations. Edmonds was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia and attended public school there. Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson proudly represents Floridas 24th Congressional District. Congresswoman Johnson is the first African-American and woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and is the Dean of the Texas Congressional delegation in addition to serving as Dean of the Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Democratic Congressional Delegation. When she retired in 1984 as professor of education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Purnells distinguished career included teaching positions at Avery Institute in Charleston, South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, and Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina. 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. By the end of her second term, the national headquarters was fully operational. She maintained a relationship, begun as an undergraduate at Howard University, with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and served as Director of the Eastern region a subdivision that embraced chapters in nine states. Stratton has one daughter, Meryle Anne (Billie) Manigault, M.D., who practices in Germany. For six years she has served as chairperson of the chapters annual fundraising event, The Monte Carlo. This benefit effort raises thousands of dollars every year to carry out the chapters commitments to deserving students and for other program endeavors. Purnell has been awarded eight honorary degrees and is a member of three academic honor, societies, Beta Kappa Chi, Alpha Delta Mu, and Psi Chi. National, each Area and every Chapter is expected to utilize the services of an appointed Protocol Chair to ensure 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. 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. Minton was the wife of Dr. Russell F. Minton, an eminent radiologist who, for a number of years, was superintendent of Mercy Douglass Hospital in Philadelphia. Later she attended schools in Cleveland. Congresswoman Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the first nurse to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Katie Murphy Greene, the daughter of Sidney and Belle Glascow Murphy, was born in Eugaula, Alabama. Gwendolyn B. Lee 15. She defended the Affordable Care Act in court, enforced environmental law, and was a national leader in the movement for marriage equality. At the age of eighteen, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University where she majored in child psychology with a minor in theater and drama. All these words and more describe Virginia W. Harris. In 1972, she became the first nurse ever elected to the Texas State House and achieved that that same distinction upon her election to the Texas Senate in 1986. She has been appointed by multiple DC superintendents to the federally-mandated State Title I Committee of Practitioners, and she has been elected as chair for four consecutive years. She is also the founder of ABMC, LLC, which is a full-service social impact consulting and strategy firm. Opal Lee was born October 7, 1926 in Marshall, Texas. On January 6th Campbell was an instrumental player in securing Members of Congress and staff. Open on Saturdays, the Center serves hot meals, has a food pantry, a clothing center and offers counseling services for people of all ages. in Washington and establishment of The Links Foundation, Incorporated. Leonard is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and joined the organization through the Delta Alpha Chapter at FSU. The chartering ceremony was held at the home of Mrs. Albert L. Turner (Dessa), who also served as its first president. Each week, she took her turn cooking for the approximately 250 people who come. In her first speech, she spoke out on behalf of immigrants and refugees who were then under attack. The Florida lawmaker has continued her mission to improve the quality of life for her constituency by creating jobs with dignity, improving education, stopping home foreclosures, safeguarding Medicare and Social Security, and strengtheningties with Haiti and the Caribbean. The Links was founded in Philadelphia when two young black women, Margaret Hawkins and Sarah Scott, invited seven friends to join them in forming a new type of intercity club. 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. On August 11, 2020, Vice President Harris accepted President Joe Bidens invitation to become his running mate and help unite the nation. Dr. Lee has a 4o plus year record of active participation in The Links, Incorporated. Dr. Helen Grey Edmonds died in Durham, North Carolina on May 9, 1995. She currently serves as the National Chair and Seventh President of the National Council of Negro Women, an advocacy organization with more than 2 million members, working in the interest of womens rights and civil rights. 1953-1957. Helen Grey Edmonds 6. Frances Vashon Atkinson was born in St. Louis and began her education there. She is also a member of her chapters Presidents Advisory Board, an advisory group consisting of past chapter presidents created to provide ongoing guidance to the chapter. The professional organizations to which she belongs include the International Reading Association, the American Association of University Professors, the National Association of College Women, the National Reading Association, and the Louisiana Reading Association. superb leadership in The Links, Incorporated. A lifelong activist who has worked to ensure people across the globe, from South Africa to those who struggled in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Susan Taylor says that securing our vulnerable children is her highest calling and the big business of our nation and Black America today. Research shows that people receive a boost in happiness when they spend money on others instead of themselves. Cleveland Woman of Influence,Crains Cleveland Business In addition, Abina has executive produced with Viacom Networks the critically acclaimed documentarySheroes of Selmain which she shared the stories of her life growing up with women such as Amelia Boynton Robinson, Diane Nash, Jean Jackson, Annie Cooper, Annie Pearl Avery, Marie Foster, and many other unsung sheroes; additionally she executive producedWe RememberandLong Ride to Selma, which are docu-concerts that featured President Barack Obama, Congressman John Lewis, and other grassroots foot soldiers along with Grammy Award-winning artists Kirk Franklin, Ledisi, Bill Withers, Estelle, Bebe Winans, Dougie Fresh, and DJ D-Nice. Dr. Glovers extensive experience in Executive Management and Finance has led to her success as a member of several professional, civic, and non-profit organizations. In addition, Beatty authored theJumpstart Housing Opportunities Utilizing Small Enterprises (HOUSE) Act, orJumpstart HOUSE Act, which would reauthorize the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) for eight years and require state business development agencies to set aside the lesser of $2.5 million or 10 percent of unobligated SSBCI funds for small businesses to purchase, rehabilitate, or operate affordable housing units. The Links, Incorporated, 30th National Assembly, July 1996: Celebrating 50 Years, 1946-1996 Page: 3 This book is part of the collection entitled: Texas Cultures Online and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the University of Texas at San Antonio . Congresswoman Johnson began her career as the first female African-American Chief Psychiatric Nurse at the V.A. Kelli is from Cleveland Ohio (an unwavering Browns fan!) Purnell died at the age of 97 on Monday, October 21. She earned her B.A. Calling upon these experiences during her first term as The Links national president, Purnell directed moving the national headquarters into larger, more suitable accommodations. Professionally, Dr. Glover serves as President of Tennessee State University, her beloved alma mater, and is the institutions eighth and first woman president. As a state legislator, she worked with Governor Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from the State Capitol and passed a bill mandating HIV/AIDS testing for prisoners upon their release and linking them to care in the counties where they relocated. As a professional historian, Edmonds never lets the group forget its obligation to its own heritage. Many young people were guided toward successes in college and in professions, which they might not have tried without her encouragement. Eight grandchildren, six boys and two girls successes in college and professions! 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