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Invest in HBCUs Capital Campaign 2021-2022

TABLE OF CONTENTSSignificance of HBCUs3Letter from Area Director, Sylvia Perry4Committee Members5HBCU Products6Overview of the Servant Leader Scholarship and Academy7Meet the 25 Scholars8Student Testimonials11Commitment to HBCUs12Corporate Donors13Chapter AwardeesPresident / Chancellor’s Award LevelMagna Cum Laude AwardeesSuma Cum Laude AwardeesCum Laude AwardeesDean’s List Awardees1516182124Individual Donors26HBCUs Capital Campaign312

Significance of HBCUs"HBCUs play an instrumental role in educating students from all walks of life – diversein socio-economic status, 1st generation college attendees, city or country of origin –and it is through the cultivation of these curious and determined minds that they continueto have an immeasurable impact on society.”CHERYL HARRISSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANYGraduate, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Florida(BlackAmericaWeb.com)3

Dear Friends,Appreciation is extended to all supporters of the Inaugural Southern Area HBCU CapitalCampaign. Support of the HBCU Capital Campaign will enable not only academic support of25 scholars over the 2021-2022 Academic Year but will also provide pathways for servantleadership development and authentic experiences in transformational community service. Thetwenty-five scholars will participate in a year-long academy focusing on servant leadershipwhile continuing studies at one of the area’s historically black colleges and universities.The mission of the Servant Leader Scholarship and Academy is to offset tuition and fees ofscholars during the 2021-2022 Academic Year and to foster a sustained philosophy of lifelongservice. The year-long curriculum will provide service-learning through five modules:Leadership Development; The Concept of Community Service; Best Principles forTransformational Service; Leveraging Partnerships and Relationships in Community Service;and Visioning Future Community Service Models. The academy will be delivered through virtualclasses and direct community service options.The launch of the Southern Area’s Servant Leader Scholarship and Academy builds upon astrong history of support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities within The Links,Incorporated, and provides innovative and sustainable programming within a culture oftransformational service. Your support of the HBCU Capital Campaign has accentuated ourinvestment in our youth.Thank you, again, for your support.Yours in service,Sylvia C. Perry, Area Director4

SOUTHERN AREA PROGRAM COORDINATORDeborah C. Thomas, Ed.D.Montgomery (AL) ChapterHBCU INITIATIVE CHAIRJillian Davis Morgan, Ph.D.Wilmington (NC) ChapterHBCU INITIATIVE VICE-CHAIRTamara Young Lee, Esq.Tuskegee (AL) ChapterHBCU INITIATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEELajuana BradfordMagic City (AL) ChapterVenessa HarrisonTriangle Park (NC) ChapterKenosha ColemanAlbany (GA) ChapterJuanette Council, Ed.D.Fayetteville (NC) ChapterNicole Strange-Martin, Ed.D.Greater Miami (FL) ChapterMarilynn B. WallsWest Palm Beach (FL) ChapterAngela Watson-McClarty, M.D.Mississippi Rose (MS) Chapter5

HBCU PRODUCTS"These bright young minds and students of HBCUs are going to make all the differencein the world."KEN CARTERMOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST,EDUCATIONAL ACTIVIST, FORMER ATHLETIC COACH(QuoteHD.com)6

OVERVIEW OF THE SERVANT LEADERScholarship and AcademyThe Links, Incorporated has a solid legacy of supporting Historically Black College and Universities(HBCUs). The legacy has included, but is not limited to academic scholarships, endowments,collaborations on designated program initiatives, college tours/fairs, and mentoring initiatives. Thelegacy is built upon the objective to support the visibility, sustainability, and viability of HBCUs and thesuccess of students matriculating at these distinguished institutions that have been a significantcomponent of America’s higher education landscape for over a century.As one of four geographic areas for The Links, Incorporated, the Southern Area is committed tomaintaining the solid legacy of support for HBCUs and has created the Servant Leader Scholarshipand Academy to foster a sustained philosophy of life-long service. Scholars identified from a competitiveprocess of students matriculating at any one of the 60 HBCUs located in the geographical boundariesof the Southern Area, not only receive an academic scholarship, but are also engaged in a servicelearning cohort that is delivered through seminars, guided learning, reflection, skill development, anddirect community service engagement in partnership with designated chapters across the SouthernArea. (The Southern Area includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,North Carolina, and South Carolina as well as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas).Each service-learning cohort examines the concept of community service through five modules and willimplements a framework of best practices for transformational community service in collaboration withpartnering chapters of The Links, Incorporated in the Southern Area. Titles of the five modules are: Leadership Development The Concept of Community Service: The What, Why, How, and Meaning Best Principles for Transformational Service Leveraging Partnerships and Relationships in Community Service Visioning Future Community Service ModelsIn alignment with the four-prong objective to support visibility, sustainability, fundraising, and studentsuccess for HBCUs, the Servant Leader Scholarship and Academy is framed upon the following desiredoutcomes: students’ development of self, talent, purpose, and community. The initiative offersopportunities to promote a culture of transformational service and community stewardship.The Servant Leader Scholarship and Academy is an investment in resources (fiscal, human, material,and spatial) with the hope of a return on the promise leadership and community service to enrich,sustain, and ensure a positive quality of life.7

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TestimonialsMIKAYLA MCDANIELThank you for blessing me with this scholarship. The scholarship willhelp with the cost of tuition, fees, and my housing. I am very blessed.Thank you for your generous support. I look forward to working with youand volunteering with you.Junior, North Carolina A and T UniversityGreensboro, North CarolinaJOSHUA XThis scholarship will give me a chance to connect with my peers in thegreater community through service. I sincerely thank you for thisopportunity.Sophomore, North Carolina A and T UniversityGreensboro, North CarolinaJEWEL CROUCHWith this award (scholarship), I will be able to focus more on myextracurricular activities, community service in the Tallahasseecommunity, and my studies. I am hoping that I can give back to mycommunity more now than ever.Junior, Florida A and M UniversityTallahassee, FloridaMALLORY BUTTSThank you for awarding me funds for college and for recognizing myefforts of service. As an aspiring cosmetic engineer, service is importantto me in creating a world that accepts and appreciates diversity. Thankyou, sincerely, for the scholarship. because an investment in me isan investment in health justice.Freshwoman, Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia11

Commitment to HBCUs"The need and privilege of working to support the collective and expanded missions ofthese schools tremendous."JANICE BRYANT HOWROYDBUSINESS LEADER, ENTREPRENEUR, EDUCATOR, AMBASSADOR, AUTHOR,AND MENTOR FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ACTONE GROUPGraduate, North Carolina A & T University,Greensboro, North Carolina(appleonejobs)12

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10,000AT and TVenessa Harrison, President 2,500Lajuana BradfordSVP, Regional Community Development Manager14

AWARD LEVEL 5,000.00 WEST PALM BEACH (FL) CHAPTERSonya E. Wofford,President15

Level 1,500.00 BUCKHEAD / CASCADE CITY (GA) CHAPTERCRESCENT CITY (LA) CHAPTERGRANDIFLORA (NC) CHAPTERShaun Hunter-GreenPresidentTracie L. BouttePresidentDr. Karen SchoolerPresident16

MIAMI-BISCAYNE BAY (FL) CHAPTERPONTCHARTRAIN (LA) CHAPTERGeorgia McLeanPresidentDr. Shaniece BickhamPresidentTALLAHASSEE (FL) CHAPTERTRIANGLE PARK (NC) CHAPTERAlexis Roberts McMillanPresidentDiJuana McDougalPresident17

Level 751.00 - 1,500.00AZALEA CITY (GA) CHAPTERBRADENTON/SARASOTA (FL) CHAPTERBREVARD COUNTY (FL) CHAPTERDaryll H. GriffinPresidentDr. LaVerne GreenPresidentEna LeibaPresident18

CAMELLIA ROSE (GA) CHAPTERCHARLESTON (SC) CHAPTERSharla JacksonPresidentRosemarie NancePresidentCOLUMBIA(SC) CHAPTERFORT LAUDERDALE (FL) CHAPTERHon. DeAndrea BenjaminPresidentDr. Sylvia Sloane JonesPresident19

GREATER MIAMI (FL) CHAPTERGREENSBORO (NC) CHAPTERJACKSONVILLE (FL) CHAPTERGail Ash DotsonPresidentDr. Jewell CooperPresidentCandace A. ThompsonPresidentMAGIC CITY (AL) CHAPTERSAVANNAH (GA) CHAPTERTUSKEGEE (AL) CHAPTERTerri H. GardnerPresidentAngela B. YoungPresidentCynthia Lester-HobsonPresident20

AUGUSTA (GA) CHAPTERCOLUMBUS (GA) CHAPTERYolanda F. CopelandPresidentKia ChambersPresidentLevel 501.00 - 750.00DAYTONA BEACH (FL) CHAPTERELIZABETH CITY (NC) CHAPTERBarbara BlossomPresidentGwendolyn SandersPresident21

GREATER HUNTSVILLE (AL) CHAPTERGREENVILLE (SC) CHAPTERSharon H. ButlerPresidentMignon Breaux EarlyPresidentLAGRANGE (GA) CHAPTERLEFLEUR’S BLUFF (MS) CHAPTERCynthia R. BoydPresidentLinda SmithPresident22

MAGNOLIA (GA) CHAPTERMONTGOMERY (AL) CHAPTERRALEIGH (NC) CHAPTERDr. D’Ann R. GriffinPresidentAnn W. SippialPresidentBrenda M. LewisPresidentTAMPA (FL) CHAPTERTUSCALOOSA (AL) CHAPTERSonjia LittlePresidentCharmaine Morrow WaltonPresident23WILSON-ROCKY MOUNT-TARBORO (NC) CHAPTERMartha H. LewisPresident

ATHENS (GA) CHAPTERBOLD CITY (FL) CHAPTERShanna J. SheatsPresidentWanda WillisPresidentLevel 250.00 - 500.00BRUNSWICK (GA) CHAPTERDURHAM (NC) CHAPTERJacqueline BryantPresidentDr. Desiree PalmerPresident24

LAKE GASTON AREA (NC) CHAPTERMISSISSIPPI DELTA (MS) CHAPTERCarolyn SpainPresidentDr. Earlcine CarterPresidentORANGEBURG (SC) CHAPTERWEST GEORGIA (GA) CHAPTERAisha GrahamPresidentTremelle HowardPresident25

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500.00 and aboveAlison Ashe-CardRubye Burks-WallaceSheila BurnsDiane CabbellCheryl Evans JonesArlene FerebeeSonja GarciaWhitney HaddixLouise Hankerson-IbimErma HinesCatrina JacksonEmma JacksonNina JacksonBarbara Jemison KelseySandra M. JonesDanita JoynerCamille Klutz-LeachRica Lewis-PaytonKaren Livingston-WilsonCatherine MasonRobin Midcalf-BrosigKiana MitchellSancerie O’Rourke-AllenPaula OrrSylvia PerryLorraine Polite-ClarkPatricia RobinsonDeborah C. ThomasPhyllis ThurmondDianne Tindal-SuttonMechelle WilderElizabeth M. WilliamsAntwinette Williams-BattleAngela B. Young 400.00Gracie Johnson-LopezKathy LamarTamara Young Lee27

250.00 - 200.00Amanda AikenRenee Allain-StocktonMargaret BeardG. Rochelle BrownLonneen BrownVanessa ByersClaudia Claiborne-MillerLaura CooperJosie B. DavisLaVern DelaneyMae DouglasTonya DouglassDeborah ElamSherley FieldsLisa Franklin-WilliamsRhonda Garrett-AllenLeKecia GloverTremelle HowardFaye JacksonSandra JacksonDelores LeeMartha LewisJoye LowmanLora J. ManningDiJuana McDougalSylvia McGeeMonica MickleAndrea MontgomeryDesiree PalmerMarguerite PeeblesJeanette PlanesPeggy QuinceGayla Robbins MairRobyn SandersDiana SpicerBarbara J. ThomasBetty WalkerDaisy WalkerMarilynn WallsAcie WardPatricia S. WhiteSandra White-OldenPatricia WilkerBrenda Wilkins28