Terri Reed, DO, Program Chair
“Sisterhood is having limitless friends, committed relationships, unconditional love, and support, and an everlasting bond.”
Members of The Tulsa (OK) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated are professional women, influential decision-makers, and opinion leaders representing the worlds of business, government, media, academia, philanthropy, the arts, and more. Our membership includes many distinguished women who are individual achievers and have made a difference in the local Tulsa community and in the world.
Our core values are friendship, integrity, honesty, service, commitment, family relationships, courage, respect for self and others, legacy, confidentiality, responsibility, and accountability. The members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision-makers and opinion leaders. The Links, Incorporated has attracted many distinguished women who are individual achievers and have made a difference in their communities and the world. They are business and civic leaders, role models, mentors, activists, and volunteers who work toward a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership.
Links members contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually – strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation. The organization receives awards from the UN Association of New York and the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation for its premier programs. In 2019, The Links, Incorporated was nominated for a Luxembourg Peace Prize by the Schengen Peace Foundation and recognized by the late Congressman John Lewis as a distinguished organization of outstanding community service and influence.
The Tulsa (OK) Chapter is a member of the Central Area of the Links, Incorporated which is comprised of 3,900 influential women who work as volunteers toward a common vision by engaging organizations and individual partnerships. Members contribute more than 194,000 documented service hours annually to the community providing impactful programming in 72 underserved communities throughout the 17 states.
“Each time a woman stands for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”
The Links, Incorporated is an organization of friends. Supportive, friendly relationships continue to be the ultimate core value of the organization. We interact as friends, value and nurture each other, and appreciate shared values.
Service is the time, effort and resources expended by the members of The Links, Incorporated to develop and implement innovative programs designed to meet the ongoing challenges faced by the communities we serve. We are committed to the performance of service because service is the very heart of Linkdom.
Our rich history creates the foundation for our evolving organization. Through the celebration of history, we honor and pay respect to our Founders, the first "Links Club," the pioneers and visionaries for our organization.
In recognition that each member of The Links, Incorporated brings value to our organization, we uphold the value of respect. Each member has a background and varied life experiences that are unique. We shall respect our differences and opinions in order to further the mission of our organization.
The Links, Incorporated not only recognizes the importance of family, but encourages and supports family relationships as reflected in the involvement of Connecting Links and Heir-O-Links.
Truth lies at the heart of friendship and creates the foundation upon which trust and accountability are built.
The intricate ties that The Links, Incorporated has within the community, as well as the nonprofit status our organization enjoys, call for us to value confidentiality and the non-disclosure of priveleged and confidential information to unauthorized individuals. We shall recognize the value of confidentiality in matters that rely upon it.
A person with integrity is principled and honorable. We will operate with integrity as we fulfill our commitment to the community and build mutual trust and respect.
A courageous person embraces new ideas, creates innovative approches to perennial and emerging problems, and participates in exploring uncharted territories. We will be courageous in our service programming.
A responsible person fulfills commiments. A person who is accountable accepts responsibility for decisions. In our execution of programs dealing with the public, and in the development of our friendships. We shall exercise responsible stewardship, especially when public funds are being utilized.
