The Roanoke (VA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated welcomed three new members into the organization during a beautiful virtual induction ceremony on June 13, 2021. Roanoke chapter members were in attendance on Zoom to witness the induction of Renee Thompson, of Roanoke County; Joyce Watkins, and Stacie Wright of Roanoke.
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of African descent in 292 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
Carolyn Patterson is president of the Roanoke chapter and Rhonda Poindexter. vice president.
