Subcategories

• Services to Youth

  The Baton Rouge Chapter is committed to providing support, mentoring, educational opportunities, and other services to minority and low income youth in the Baton Rouge area.  Our Services to Youth facet has identified and partnered with four schools with a high percentage of minority and low income students.

  

  School data retrieved from the US Depart of Education National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov.
  The percentage of minority students includes all Black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian / Pacific Islander students.
  The percentage of low income students is determined by the number of students eligible for free or reduced lunch.  Eligibility for free and reduced-price lunches is determined by students' family income in relation to the federally established poverty level.

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• National Trends and Services

  The National Trends & Services facet focuses on eliminating disparities to reduce barriers to services through leadership, education, and service. The mission of this facet is to empower the membership to effectively empower the various communities served.

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• International Trends and Services

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• The Arts

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• Health and Human Services

  The Links, Incorporated established the Health and Human Services facet in response to the chronic health disparities that persist in our communities and result in the decreased life expectancy of African-Americans.

  The Baton Rouge Chapter and La Capitale Chapter of The Links, Incorporated have teamed up with Mayor Kip Holden's Healthy BR Initiative in an effort to focus attention on solving the problem of childhood obesity.

  In Louisiana, 47% of children are considered overweight and at risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart failure and other diseases later on in life.  The partnership will focus on building more ties with local schools to educate children and their parents on the importance of nutrition and physical activity.

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