Portsmouth Chapter, The LINKS, Incorporated
(Meet Our Current Members)




Cynthia Morrison


Supervisor

Community Involvement: President Portsmouth Chapter Jack & Jill of America Inc., Member Gamma Delta Omega Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Board Member Girl Scouts of America, Member Moles, Past Board Member H.E.R. Shelter, Member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Past President Ladies Usher Board, Mother of the Year Jack & Jill of America.


Gloria S. Myrick


Retired Teacher-Reading Resource

Community Involvement: Jeremiah Tutorial Program; Past President of VA. Union University Alumni Association; Zion Baptist Church- Superintendent Church School, Chair Board of Christian Education, Deaconess Board; Past President American Baptist Women of the South (ABWOTS); General Board American Baptist Churches (ABC) U.S.A. International Ministries ABC U.S.A. International Ministries, of American Baptist Churches, USA Committees Executive Committee, Overseas Area Working Groups of Africa, Europe, and Middle East and the Committee on International Issues, Teacher of the Year; Honored by the Board of Christian Education.


Haroleen D. Ray


Interim Dean for Social Services

Community Involvement: Portsmouth Municipal Finance Commission 1991-98; Member, Portsmouth Social Services Advisory Commission 1999-2003; United Way of South Hampton Roads- Funds Distribution Committee 1998; United Way of South Hampton; United Way of South Hampton Roads- Vice Chair Community Investment Fund 1998; Portsmouth Chapter, The Links, Inc.- President, Tidewater Community College, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award; two grants funded through the Virginia Department of Social Services- Mini Community Grant Initiatives (the Delta Academy for the Portsmouth Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the Portsmouth Chapter, The Links, Inc. - "Adopt A Classroom" Project)


Clarine B. Roberts


Retired College Professor

Community Involvement: Vigorously involved in community service and faith commitments. Serving as Chair of the Zion Baptist Church Board of Trustees and fully involved in all aspects of the Church. Affiliation with other social and civic organizations allows me to render service through organizing and implementing human service programs for others - youth, children and adults in the community. Golden life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.


Ethel H. Robinson


Retired Elementary Prinicipal

Community Involvement: Fellowship United Church of Christ; Member of Board of Directors of P.A.R.C. , Inc; Past President of the Ports. Branch NAACP, Jeremiah Project Tutoring Program; and the Social Action Projects with Ports. Alumnae Chapter DST Sorority Inc., Lifetime Member Sgt. William H. Harrison America Legion Auxiliary Post #190; Commitment to Community Service Award- Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc.; Civil Rights Advocator; Ports. School Board Committee; 50 Years Membership Recognition by Ports. Alumnae Chapter DST Sorority Inc.


Angela C. Russell


Retired Educator

Community Involvement: Vice President of Civic Association, Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Portsmouth Chapter, organized and directed tutoring program in my church (New Hope Baptist Church), Volunteer Chesapeake General Hospital.



Bessie A. Stanback
Ph.D


Retired Mathematics Specialist

Community Involvement: Inducted into Links 1985- Treasurer 1990-94, President 1994-98, Program Coordinator/Archivist 1994-Present; Member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Temple-Director of Christian Education, Bible Study Teacher; Life Member NAACP; Phi Delta Kappa; Pi Lambda Theta; Bible Study Fellowship- Chesapeake Day Women Many Educational Awards.


Helen R. Jacobs Stith,
J.D.


Former Teacher and Lawyer

Community Involvement: Past President of the Optimist Club of Portsmouth: the National Women of Achievement, Inc.; Member National Association of Parliamentarians; the 1st Lutheran Church of Portsmouth; Life Member of the National Education Association and Optimist International; Member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Member of the Speakers Bureau for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Many accolades for mertiorious community services from the State of Texas and the City of Houston



Dianne Davis-Wagner, D.S.W.


President JRON Associates Inc.
Counseling and Training Firm.

Community Involvement: Member of the Board of Corrections, Commonwealth of Virginia- appointed by the Governor; Portsmouth Chapter of Jack & Jill of America Inc.; Member of the Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work Advisory Board; Awarded the Council of Social Work Advisory Board; Awarded the Council of Social Work Minority Fellowship; First Doctoral Graduate of the Ethelyn R. Strong School Work.


Grace E. Wallace


Medical Technologist/Substitute Teacher

Community Involvement: Volunteer Voter Registration; Meals-On Wheels; Work with city, state and national political candidates; Member of St. James Episcopal Church; Pan-Hellenic Council Community Service Award.



Vivian West


Retired Educator and Community Activist

Community Involvement: Member of First Baptist Church Bute Street Norfolk, VA. where she is a member of the Lizzie Hinton and Mamie Gordon Missionary Societies, Hopsitality Committee, and past financial secretary for Womens Day; Initiated the Charles West Scholarship for a math or science senior who plans to major in denistry at Meharry Medical School; Founder Delicados Inc.; Chesapeake Womens Club; Past President National Coalition 100 Black Womens Tidewater Chapter; Norfolk Chapter Girlfriends, Inc; Urban League Guild of Hampton Roads; Co-founder Chesapeake Holidays; Norfolk Drifters; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.; Chums Inc.


Costella B. Williams


Medical Records Supervisor

Community Involvement:Past President Portsmouth Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc.; Coordinates entertainment and care packages for seniors; spearheaded a Teen Summit for high school students on SAT Prep, Diversity & Hip-Hop Culture and Teen Depression; Past Regional Board Member for State Local Human Rights Commission; Member of theAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.; Portsmouth Chapter of the Moles; Mid Atlantic Region Jack & Jill Distinguished Mother; Certificate of Appreciation- Local Human Rights Commission.



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