Professional Women Of Color Linked In Friendship, Committed To Service For 75 Years

Arlington TX

21 November, 2021

3:41 PM

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By Thomas Martinez, Fort Worth Report November 20, 2021 Valuing friendship and service, The Links, Incorporated, organization responds to the needs of the African American community. Those values led member Mattie Compton, a retired federal prosecutor, to join The Links in 1985. When she came into the organization, she knew some of the members as her elementary school teachers who invited her into membership. "That really makes an impression on you, that people that have taught you think enough of you to want to have you join them," Compton said. She said that she has enjoyed the organization so much because she doesn't have sisters, and Links gave her these sisters to support her when she was going through difficult times after her father and brother died. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.