Philadelphia Links Incorporated

The Philadelphia Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is the founding chapter of an international, not-for-profit organization of professional women of African descent, established in Philadelphia on November 9, 1946. The chapter carries out programming and philanthropy across the Greater Philadelphia region through five program facets: The Arts, Health & Human Services, International Trends & Services, National Trends & Services, and Services to Youth. Its Arts facet works to expand arts and culture activity in Greater Philadelphia by partnering with museums, symphonies, arts councils and educational institutes, with a focus on artists of color and on educating and presenting opportunities for minority youth in the arts. The chapter is committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.