On October 20, 2018, the International Trends and Services Facet of the New Orleans Chapter sponsored five Bethune students to participate in Camp Congress with the Girls in Politics Initiative. Camp Congress for Girls is a leadership program that introduces girls ages 8 to 15 to politics. Camp began with a girl-friendly...
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Girls in Politics Initiative
The New Orleans Chapter, through its International Trends and Services Facet, sponsored 3 students from Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School to attend Camp United Nations for Girls in New Orleans in April 2018. The program is a part of the Girls in Politics Initiative (“GIP”), a program created and administered by the Political...
Mission to Haiti
In March 2018, New Orleans Chapter members, Germaine Davillier and Tracey Flemings-Davillier, accompanied The Pontchartrain Chapter and its International Trends and Services Chair, Leila Eames, on the Pontchartrain Chapter's annual mission to Haiti. Links members visited the Foyer Espoir Les Enfants (FEPE) orphanage and Ecole Foyer Espoir (EFE) School in...
International Trends and Services Facet Exploring Global Opportunities at Dillard University
On March 16, 2018, the International Trends and Services Facet of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated provided 7th and 8th grade Bethune Elementary students the opportunity to explore one of the City’s revered HBCU institutions, Dillard University, and to learn more about International Studies – –...
One Million Invested by The Links, Incorporated in Jamaica’s Economy
Nearly 200 members of The Links, Incorporated returned to Montego Bay, Jamaica for the group’s third humanitarian trip, Global Linkage Initiative, to enhance the education, health and welfare of the nation’s schools and students that began in 2016. The group was on the island January 23-26, 2018. The Links, Incorporated’s members...