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Women Committed to Enriching, Sustaining and Ensuring the Culture

Portland (OR) Chapter of Prestigious International Women’s Group Inducts New Members

Aqualia Bostic, Paula Hayes, Tannya Jenkins, Nicole Mills, Charlene CM Smith, Shandra Terry, and Danielle Wade


The Portland (OR) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, inducted 7 new members on Saturday, June 8, 2024: Aqualia Bostic, Paula Hayes, Tannya Jenkins, Nicole Mills, Charlene CM Smith, Shandra Terry, and Danielle Wade. These women are leaders in their respective professions and are dedicated to providing service to the Portland, Oregon and Southwest Washington region.


The Links, Incorporated, founded in 1946, is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of Africa ancestry. The Links, Incorporated is an organization exceeding 17,000 women with 299 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom.


The Portland (OR) Chapter was organized in 1957 and has served the community through events like the Ebony Fashion Fair and most recently, the annual Black Family Wellness Expo held at Warner Pacific University in the Spring of 2024 and ongoing engagement in Black K.A.R.E., funded by a generous contribution from Baxter Healthcare Corporation to raise awareness of chronic kidney disease in Black communities.

 

For more information about the Portland (OR) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, see

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