About Us
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of nearly 14,000 professional women of color in 281 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia 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 members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision makers and opinion leaders.The Links, Inc. 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 towards a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership.
Links members contribute more than 500,000 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. For more information visit www.linksinc.org.








After years of nurturing friendship and developing rewarding community programming, the Jackson County (MO) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated was chartered on July 25, 1981 by the 7th National President, Dr. Julia B. Purnell.
Our Mission
Today, the membership of the Jackson County (MO) Links, Incorporated is made up of dozens of women from the Kansas City area who all strive to make their community a better place.


Our History
The Jackson County (MO) Chapter of The Links, Inc. was established under the authority of The Links, Incorporated, an international service organization founded on Nov. 9, 1946, by Mrs. Sarah S. Scott and Mrs. Margaret R. Hawkins in Philadelphia, Pennylvania.
Inez Y. Kaiser, Chapter Organizer, formed an interest group comprised of outstanding women from the Kansas City area to charter the chapter. Included in this distinguished group of 21 ladies were:
Georgia Buchanan
Fredricka Gant
Brenda Roulhac
Mary Lynn Clark
Lucy Livingston
Evelyn Powell
Elaine Shumate
Mamie Maye
Lester Glass
Carolyn Kaiser
Joyce Atkins
Pamela Eason
Cynthia Holt
Myrtle John Anderson
Paulette Massey
Margaret Scott
Carrie Stapleton
Jacque Thompson
Geneva Thompson
Joyce Stevenson
Our Past Presidents
Inez Kaiser
Georgia Buchanan
Mamie Maye
Doris Threatt
Donna Nelms
Carolyn Kaiser
Cheryl Anderson
Freda Crompton
Lorene James
1981-1982
1982-1985
1985-1987
1987-1989
1989-1991
1991-1995
1995-1997
1997-2001
2001-2005
Delores Maxwell
Debby Ballard
S. Marie McCarther
Tamara Clark Sykes
Melonie Davis Jones
Stephanie Byers
Marion Spence Pierson
Tamara Clark Sykes
Stephanie Byers
2005-2009
2009-2011
2011-2013
2013-2015
2015-2016
2016-2018
2018-2019
2019-2021
2021-present