The South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter
Faye Terrell-Perkins, President
Benecia R. Spencer Williams, Vice-President
Susan Coleman, Treasurer
Stephanie Poole-Byrd, Assistant Treasurer
Michelle Lee, Recording Secretary
Rosalyn Blaylock, Assistant Recording Secretary
Michelle R. Willis, Corresponding Secretary
Tracy L. Bradley, Financial Secretary
Karen Sutton Ford, Assistant Financial Secretary
Jennifer Norrell Cole, Program & Strategic Planning Chair
Octavia G. Matthews, Operations Chair
Jacquelyn Heath Parker†, Parliamentarian
Andrea Brookins-Brown, Chaplain
Marta Adams
Tracey Alston
Sharon L. Baskerville
Arifa Brookins-Hinton
Toiya Butler-White
Leona Calvin
Joyce Carter
Tia Chambers
Monica Chambers
Eileen Christmas
Joan Crisler
Nadine DeJohnette
Susan Egwele
Marilyn Epps+
Aimee Eubanks-Davis
Pamela N. Floyd
Monica Lewis Fox
Marchelle Goens
Sabrina Hughes
Anita Jackson
Dewnzar Jones
Gwendolyn B. Lee+
14th National President
Bettie Lewis
Dreina Lewis
Jacqueline James Lewis
Jaronda Lightfoot Hall
Ashleigh McFarlin
Audrey Hudson McFarlin
Cynthia McNeal
Mary Muse
Kimberly Parker-Townsend
Carmella Barrett Perry
Danielle Perry
Lisa Porter
Vantrella Proby-Walker
Susan Smith Ross
Judy Summers
Mallory Sutton
Karen Washington
Benecia R. Williams-Sargent
Arlethia L. Wright+ †
+Charter Members
†Platinum Members
Faye Terrell-perkins, President
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Welcome to the website of the South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated. We encourage you to peruse the site to learn about our chapter’s mission, programming, partnerships, and special events. We invite your assistance, to sustain our efforts to support chapter programs and scholarship funds.
The history of the nation’s oldest and largest service organization began on November 9, 1946, when friends Margaret Roselle Hawkins and Sarah Strickland Scott founded the premier women’s service organization, The Links Incorporated. Within 30 years several chapters were chartered across this nation and internationally. Nine of those chapters support communities in the Chicagoland area, including SSCC that focuses on the South Suburban Chicago community.
Chartered on June 5, 1976, the South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated is comprised of a group of dedicated women who joined the organization with a shared commitment to the tenets of Friendship and Service since its inception. We are honored to be the home of the 14th National President of The Links Incorporated, Gwendolyn B. Lee.
The chapter’s programs of service fall under the umbrella of Five Program Facets:
Through the Facets, the chapter plans and develops transformational programs that have a measurable and sustainable impact on the community. Our chapter theme, “LINKed and Engaged to provide Exemplary Service Together” speaks volumes and supports the national mission of Friends transforming communities through service.
Thank you for visiting our website and learning more about the South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated. We encourage you to visit the national website of The Links, Incorporated to learn more about our national and international initiatives.
As the 15th chapter president and servant leader, I look forward to greeting you at our Annual Fundraiser or other SSCC events.
Yours in Service,
Faye Terrell-Perkins, President
South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter
Our Mission
To identify the needs of adults and children in various communities of the southern suburbs of Chicago and to best serve and address these needs by providing appropriate financial and educational support with social and civic awareness.
About The Links, Incorporated
The International and Nonprofit organization of The Links, Incorporated, established in 1946, consists of more than 17,000 professional women of color in 299 chapters located in 41 states, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. Collectively, this organization of dedicated leaders and stewards of service completes over 1 million validated Service Hours to various communities annually. 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.
Learn more on the national organization website.
