The New Orleans (LA) Chapter was honored to be recognized by our National President, Dr. Kimberly Jefferies Leonard, for our 32-year partnership with the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It was yet another occasion to celebrate 2021's champion - Louisiana's first and the first African American champion of the Scripps's National...
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More About Spelling’s New Queen Bee ~ Zaila Avant-garde
At 14 years old, Zaila Avant-garde is: The 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion. The first African-American Scripps Champion. The first ever Louisiana Scripps Champion. She holds THREE Guinness world records dribbling multiple basketballs simultaneously. She hopes to attend Harvard; one day play for the WNBA; and, after her basketball...
Zaila Avant-garde of Louisiana is the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion!
Zaila Avant-garde made history on July 8, 2021 becoming the 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion. She is the first Louisianan ever to win the bee. She is the first African-American to win the bee (only the second Black contestant to win after Jody-Anne Maxwell of Jamaica won in 1998)....
Spotlight – New Orleans Chapter Members
Kiki Baker Barnes, PhD Deborah Augustine Elam Dr. Kendra Mary Barrier Dr. Lana Joseph-Ford Chimene Grant-Saloy Members Making An Impact! All of the members of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated are dynamic changemakers not only in their field of expertise, but in the global community. Congratulations...
8th Annual HBCU Art Showcase – June 5 through October 10, 2021
Eight years ago, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated formed a partnership with the goal of presenting an exhibition that would spotlight works of art created by students attending Louisiana’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and provide an opportunity...