The Links, Incorporated recently presented its 48th Eastern Area Conference in Manhattan, attracting members from nine states on the East Coast, the District of Columbia, and the United Kingdom. The event theme, “Elevating Friendship, Empowering Families,” highlighted the organization’s enduring commitment to community service, leadership development, and cultural engagement. The event took place from April 23 through April 27.
Bill Moore photos
Elinor Tatum & Erica Ford 
Ethel Isaacs Williams, JD., National President, West Palm Beach (FL) Chapter 
Big Apple Cluster Quad Leaders – Front – l-r: Judy Chambers, Jackie Arrington, Hillary A. Fleming Other guests: Karla Jones Penn, Big Apple Cluster Protocol Co-Chair, Melissa Bonaldes, Esq. Back L-R – TH C. Virginia Fields, guest, Hon. Cheryl E. Chambers 
Civic Luncheon Committee members with Eastern Area Director L-R: Deborah Enix-Ross, Esq, Evelyn Castro, Lisa Loury Lomas, PhD, The Honorable C. Virginia Fields, Jamir R. Couch, Esq. & Elinor Tatum 
Program 
Glynda Carr, Co-founder, Higher Heights & member; Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus & member, Erica Ford, STY Honoree 
Eastern Area Director: Lisa Loury Lomas, PhD 
National Officers of the Links, Incorporated, with Eastern Area Director L-R: Tyna Davis, Parliamentarian, Rhonda Starks Crowder, National Secretary, Ethel Isaacs Williams, JD, National President, Shuana Tucker-Sims, PhD, & Marcia L. Page, National Treasurer 
Honorees w/ Eastern Area Director & National President 
Elinor & Cheryl Wills 
L-R: Pam Monroe, Esq., Eastern Area Program Chair, Lillie Crowder, Daisy Lampkin Award Honoree, Cheryl Wills, Awards Presenter, & Symone Sanders Townsend, Emcee 
Awards
According to the conference website, The Links, Incorporated is “an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other people of African ancestry.” There are more than 17,000 members in 299 chapters worldwide.
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Under the leadership of Eastern Area Director Lisa Loury Lomas, Ph.D., the Eastern Area comprises over 80 chapters and approximately 5,000 members across nine states, the District of Columbia, and the United Kingdom.
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