The Strategic Planning Initiative was launched in November of 2012 with the goal of encouraging all Links chapters around the country and overseas to align their programs and activities to support the priorities of the National organization.

One reason for the strategic alignment is to increase the impact of the organization as a whole on the issues of the community we serve. By working toward the same set of priorities and developing a process to measure program performance, chapters, regions and the National Administration are able to work more effectively.

The current National Strategic Priorities are:

· Deliver and sustain transformational programs

· Enhanced member services and engagement

· Fund development and fiscal responsibility

· Organizational assessment and alignment

· Leadership development

· Promote Links brand

The Strategic Planning Initiative requires each chapter to have a Strategic Planning Committee. One of the committee’s responsibilities is to submit the chapter’s strategic plan into the National database and update it regularly with results, additions and modifications. With widespread participation in the National database, the National Administration can access it at any time to find out how the organization is doing as a whole on a particular priority.

Our committee members are: Hillary Fleming (Chair), Dianne Young, I. Javette Hines, Joan Lewis Shepherd, Claudia Edwards, Earlene Cox, Jennifer Lewis, Marilyn Price and Barbara Edwards.