WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The West Palm Beach Chapter of the Links, Inc. will host its 35th annual White Rose Luncheon at the Kravis Center on Saturday, December 7, at 11:30 a.m. and will feature Joy-Ann Reid as its keynote speaker. Joy-Ann Reid is the Managing Editor of the Grio.com – a daily online news and opinion platform devoted to delivering stories and perspectives that reflect and affect African-American audiences, powered by NBC News. Her responsibilities include leading editorial coverage and strategy for the site, as well as managing all of the Grio’s correspondents and contributors. Reid is also an on-air contributor to MSNBC.
Reid joined theGrio.com with experience as a freelance columnist for the Miami Herald and as editor of the political blog The Reid Report. She is a former talk radio producer and host for Radio One, and previously served as an online news editor for the NBC affiliate WTVJ in Miramar, Fla.
She graduated from Harvard University in 1991 with a concentration in film, and is a 2003 Knight Center for Specialized Journalism fellow.
The Links, Incorporated, founded in 1946, is one of the oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of women who are committed to enriching and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The Links, Inc. has a membership of over 12,000 professional women of color serving in 272 chapters in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Through its philanthropic arm, The Links Foundation, Incorporated, has contributed more than 24 million dollars to charitable causes since its founding. Locally, members of the West Palm Beach Chapter of the Links, Inc. have contributed over 1700 documented hours of volunteer services in the past year to assist communities throughout Palm Beach County. For more information on The West Palm Beach Chapter of the Links, Inc., please visit www.wpblinks.org.
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