The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated continued with its mission to register new voters with a hugh September 19, 2024 voter registration event. Over 200 LB Landry High School students participated in the event. Louisiana State Senator Royce Duplessis, New Orleans Councilmember Freddie King, LB Landry Chief...
Category: National Trends and Services
Voter Education Forum
The Links, Incorporated historically has been an organization committed to change the culture around voting and close the race and age voting gap to ensure every eligible voter is registered and ready to vote. To that end, The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and The Pontchartrain (LA)...
Link Up The Vote Kick-Off
In collaboration with DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC), The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated kicked off their Link Up The Vote program on August 5, 2024. Chapter members assisted with voter registration efforts at the DCHC Carrollton and DCHC New Orleans East locations. As a result of...
NOLA Links Love HBCUs
Our Voice, Our Vote, Our Power: Voter Registration at Algiers Charter School
Every election is important. To that end, The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated aims to educate voters, engage voters, and to make sure citizens do vote. To that end, the Chapter annually reaches out to high schools to register all eligible students. In September 2023, the Chapter...
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter Celebrates Law Day at The New Orleans Juvenile Justice Center
Law Day is held on May 1st every year to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal profession. This year, The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated partnered with The Pontchartrain (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated to...
2023 Legislative Breakfast
Crime, Housing, Economic Development and Health were among the pressing topics discussed at the 2023 Legislative Breakfast hosted by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in Partnership with the The Links, Incorporated's New Orleans Cluster Chapters - - The New Orleans (LA) Chapter, The Crescent (LA) Chapter, and The...
Building Generational Wealth Webinar with Liberty Bank
Candidate Forum
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated works within the community to encourage voter registration, voter participation, and voter education. To that end, the chapter co-sponsored a candidate forum on October 19, 2022 to educate voters about candidates and issues on the November 8, 2022 ballot.
Kingsley House: Southern Area Gives $1,000 Recipient
Our partners at Kingsley House received a $1,000 donation as part of Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated Gives program. The New Orleans (LA) Chapter was thrilled when Kingsley House was selected for this award during the Southern Area holiday celebration! The New Orleans (LA) Chapter was one among several...
Together! Stronger! Better! at Kingsley House
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated is proud to have been one of the many sponsors of Together! Stronger! Better! The week of events, which convened jobseekers, employers, education/training providers, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations at Kingsley House, focused on strategic and solution-oriented discussions on issues impacting today's workforce....
Voter Engagement
New Orleans (LA) Chapter members work to inform the New Orleans community about the an upcoming Fall election and emphasize that VOTING MATTERS!
National Trends and Services Facet Registers New Voters
The National Trends and Services Facet of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, in partnership with our sisters from The Pontchartrain (LA) Chapter and The New Orleans Chapter of Jack and Jill, America, hosted voter registration drives at three KIPP New Orleans Schools, Frederick A. Douglass High...
National Day of Service Project Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thank you to our members who donated to two food drives today as part of our organization’s National Day of Service Project in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Day of Service
Having adequate food is one of life’s most basics needs. And in heeding the words of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for anyone to go without when resources are abound is a matter that we cannot let go unaddressed. On Monday, January 18, 2021, the nation will pause to...
2019 Legislative Breakfast
Please Join Us for the 2019 Legislative Breakfast on February 9, 2019.
Human Trafficking Symposium
Join The New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Louisiana Senator Troy Carter, Commissioner Juana Marine-Lombard of the Louisiana Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Control and other community leaders on Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10 a.m., at Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries, as we discuss, dissect and seek to find answers...
Civic Engagement – Candidate Forum
The New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated encourages all voters, young and old, to understand the issues and know where each candidate stands on the issues. Geaux Vote! [foogallery id="8806"]
Civic Engagement – High School Students Early Vote
As part of the New Orleans Chapter's National Trends and Services facet's Civic Engagement Initiative, high school students from across the city were registered to vote for the first time. With the election 2 weeks away, early voting began and the students of John F. Kennedy had the privilege of...
New Orleans Links Love HBCUs
Fifty eight of the nation’s 105 HBCUs call the Southern Area home. If you didn’t attend one, you surely have a friend or family member who did. These public and private institutions played an important role in our history. A new generation of students need the education, socialization and confidence-building the schools have always provided....
2018 Legislative Breakfast
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, in collaboration with The Links, Incorporated, will hold its annual Legislative Breakfast on Saturday, April 7, 2018, 9:30 a.m. - 12 Noon, at Alice M. Harte Charter School, 5300 Berkley Drive, in New Orleans. State and local officials will discuss economic development, infrastructure,...
National Trends and Services at Bethune Elementary
On Friday, Dec. 1st, the National Trends & Services Facet of the New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated hosted an inspirational program, "Getting in Step with the Queen". The activity was held in connection with the chapter's Project L.E.A.D. umbrella program - College Readiness 101. Miss Dillard University, Malaysha...
“Tell Them We are Rising” – The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Tell Them We Are Rising, The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity. Stanley Nelson's film reveals the rich history of HBCUs and the power of higher...
Civic Engagement – Students Early Vote
For the second year, the New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, through its National Trends and Services facet, has made civic engagement and participation a priority. It is only by teaching and engaging our youth that they become interested, knowledgeable, engaged and vested in the community. Last year, the...
Law Day 2017
Each year, members of the legal community around the country work together to advance public education about the constitutional values that define and shape our great nation. The 2017 theme was, "The Fourteenth Amendment: Transforming American Democracy." On May 12, the National Trends and Services facet of the New Orleans (LA)...
Links Day at the Capitol
On May 8, 2017, Links members across the State of Louisiana visited the Capitol in Baton Rouge to present our policy agendas to elected representatives and work with them to integrate these issues into the state's legislative priorities. Thank you to New Orleans (LA) Chapter members Ernestine Gray and Tracey Flemings-Davillier...
2017 Legislative Breakfast – Saturday, January 28, 2017
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, together with the Pontchartrain (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Crescent City (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Greater New Orleans Chapter, hosted their annual legislative breakfast on Saturday, January 28, 2017. New...
Proud of Our First Time Voters
The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links Incorporated successfully registered over 200 of first time voters from four area high schools in Algiers. The Chapter was honored to assist those students in the early voting process. On November 8, the Chapter arranged transporation for the students to the historic...
THE GREAT DEBATE – POTUS 2016
The New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, in partnership with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc. Omicron Lambda Omega Chapter, proudly sponsored a mock Presidential Debate on October 27, 2016. Student participants portrayed the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was portrayed by St....
Student Voter Registration Initiative
The National Trends and Services facet of the New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is holding voter registration drives at Edna Karr High School, Landry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School, Algiers Technology Academy and Maritime Academy September 19 through 26, 2016. Many students are new to...
Candidates Forum
Join Us and learn more about the issues and candidates on the ballot in the upcoming November 8 election.
Red Umbrella HIV/AIDS Awareness Second-Line March
On Saturday, March 9, the New Orleans Chapter of the Links, Incorporated participated in “The Red Umbrella HIV / AIDS Awareness Second-Line March.” This event was co-sponsored by our sister Links in the Crescent City Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, and The Greater New Orleans Chapter of the National Coalition...
Links Participate in Law Day 2015
On April 30, 2015, the New Orleans Chapter hosted Law Day at Civil District Court in New Orleans. Links Terri Love, Angelique Reed, Ernestine Gray, Tracey Flemings-Davillier, Torrie Harris, Sunni LeBeouf and Veronica Henry welcomed students and teachers from Wilson School. Presentations were made by Link chapter members who are...
Anti-Bullying Quilt Initiative
Students from local schools in the New Orleans metropolitan are invited to take an artistic stand against bullying during the second annual Anti-Bullying Quilt Initiative of The New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. The program allows students to creatively express their thoughts, fears concerns and ultimately their resolutions concerning...