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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 37
BY SENATOR BROOME
A RESOLUTION
To commend the service and contributions of The Links, Incorporated and to recognize
Wednesday, April 23, 2014, as Louisiana Links Day at the State Capitol.
WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated organization, founded by two Philadelphia
matrons, Margaret Hawkins and Sarah Scott on November 9, 1946, and incorporated in
1951, is an international not-for-profit corporation consisting of more than twelve thousand
professional women of color in two hundred seventy-two chapters located in forty-two
states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Germany, and South
Africa which is dedicated to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic
survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry; and
WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated has eight chapters located in Louisiana: the
Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Crescent City, LaCapitale, Monroe-Grambling, New Orleans,
Pontchartrain and Shreveport chapters; and
WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated identifies and addresses concerns, through
financial contributions and as public service volunteers, involving a multitude of issues:
child literacy, after-school programs, college readiness, scholarship, and mentoring; drug and
HIV/AIDS awareness and health and wellness awareness; partnering with local museums,
symphonies, art councils, educational institutions, and corporations to support art programs
and presentations by artists of color; addressing economic and social inequalities; and
developing public policy leadership skills; and
WHEREAS, the mission of Links has been to discern a need and fulfill it, which they
have done by donating money and time to charitable efforts, including one million dollars
to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and two million dollars
to the United Negro College Fund; and
WHEREAS, in 2006, members of Louisiana Links chapters began visiting the
Louisiana Legislature to support legislation and policies seeking to provide the infrastructure
and funding necessary to implement "Healthy People 2010"; to close the gap in poverty and
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home after Hurricane Katrina; to revitalize the New Orleans public school system; to
guarantee displaced voters their constitutional right to vote; to reduce child obesity in
Louisiana; to advocate for health care and education issues, and many other initiatives
seeking to better the quality of life for citizens in our state; and
WHEREAS, on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, members of Louisiana Links chapters
visit the legislature to voice their concern and continued support of such programs seeking
to enrich, sustain, and ensure the cultural and economic survival of African Americans and
persons of African ancestry.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the service and contributions of The Links, Incorporated and does
hereby recognize Wednesday, April 23, 2014, as Louisiana Links Day at the State Capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to The
Links, Incorporated.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE