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Facets

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The Albany (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated has a long tradition of promoting and engaging in educational, civic and inter-cultural activities in the community and surrounding areas. The Chapter supports programs that enrich the lives of members of the African American community at large. The cornerstone of the Chapter’s service is five programming facets: Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. Through these facets, programs and initiatives are planned and executed that address the most critical needs of the underserved in Albany, Georgia and contiguous communities.

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Services to Youth

The Albany (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is committed to ensuring that local youth are academically successful and engaged in healthy lifestyles. Transformational programs are designed to respond to the academic, health, cultural, social awareness, career development and mentoring needs of youth. The Services to Youth facet uses an integrated approach to prepare young people to succeed as healthy citizens in the global workforce and to promote healthy lifestyles within families and communities. In support of the mission to enrich and enhance the lives of black youth, the primary goals of this facet are to:

  • Close the achievement gap from pre-K through college, with the intent of preparing our youth for the global workforce as healthy citizens

  • Develop training modules for local pre-K through college mentoring programs, to ascertain a high level of support for youth in our communities

  • Expand and support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education

  • Promote and support historically black colleges and universities for ensuredsustainability.

National Trends and Services

The National Trends and Services facet addresses the social inequities that persist in black communities throughout the United States. The Albany (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is committed to raising awareness on economic, health, social justice, and other barriers that affect our quality of life. The goal is to eliminate disparities in these areas for the betterment of local communities.

  • Ally Wallet Wise: Financial Literacy Progra

  • Project LEAD: High Expectation-Responding to the Drug Epidemic

  • AARP: Are You Ready

The Arts

The goal of The Arts facet is to increase and expand art activity throughout black communities.  The Albany (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated creates and supports art-related educational opportunities for minority youth as well as presents and supports performances by youth and accomplished professional artists in an array of disciplines. In partnership with museums, symphonies and other Arts related entities. The Chapter’s programmatic foci for The Arts include:

  • Signature Arts Programs: Classics Through the Ages

  • National PosterArt Competition

  • Partner in The Arts: The Sphinx Organization

  • Young Master Writers Competition Program

     International Trends and Services 

The International Trends and Services facet provides services and delivers transformational

programs to people of African ancestry globally so that they experience a better quality of life.

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Programs are designed and developed to service educational, health and cultural needs of the

global communities and to help people emerge from poverty. A primary objective of The Albany (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is to support the international work to enrich the lives of women and their families through such efforts as:

  • Education Across the Miles Signature Progra

  • LinksHelp for Humanity

  • LIFE Program

  • The Links at the United Nations

 Health and Human Services

The Links, Incorporated established the Health and Human Services facet in response to the chronic health disparities that persist in black communities and result in the decreased life expectancy of African Americans and other people of African ancestry. The goal of this facet is to promote and facilitate programs that support the maintenance of good health and the elimination of chronic health disparities in communities of color through education, health advocacy and optimal utilization of health resources. Community education about health risks is crucial and the Albany (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated plays a significant role in providing it through such programs as:.

  • Health Equity Ambassador Program

  • HeartLinks Signature Program

  • Linkages to Life Signature Program

  • National HIV/AIDS Initiative

  • National Mental Health Initiative

  • National Oral Health Initiative

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