LEADERSHIP.

 
 

President (Chair): Kalimah Redd Knight

Executive Director: Pamela Parks McLaurin

Vice President: Klare Shaw

Clerk: Jacquelyne Arrington

Treasurer: Adrienne R. Benton

Financial Secretary: Mildred Jones

Director: Mildred Anglin

Director: Jacqueline S. DeJean, DLP

Director: Paulette Houston

Director: Linda Mason

Director: Linda Palmer

Director: Leah Randolph

Director: Shirley Woodson

Director: Jalene Tamerat, EdD

Director-Ex-Officio: Sarah-Ann Shaw

 

PAST PRESIDENTS.

 
 

First League President

Maria Baldwin Portrait

Maria Baldwin, founder and first president of the League of Women for Community Service, was a noted educator, and the first African American in Massachusetts to be named Headmaster of a school. A famous author and much sought after speaker, she lectured throughout the country on women’s rights, anti-lynching, civil rights, poetry, and history. She was also a tutor to a number of students, including W.E. B. DuBois when he attended Harvard University.

“For a century the League of Women for Community Service has promoted equality and social justice in employment, education, housing, voting and public accommodations. We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement protesting racial violence perpetrated against us, and the killing of Black and Brown people by the police. We encourage everyone to get involved and organize. It has NEVER been more important!

Sarah-Ann Shaw, League President Emeritus

 

Miss Maria L. Baldwin

Mrs. Edna S. Goodell

Mrs. Alice M. Casneau

Mrs. Mary L. Robbins

Mrs. Sara E. Schenck

Mrs. Jacqueline C. Gilbert

Mrs. Agnes E. Gould

Miss Wilhelmina Crosson

Mrs. Alice E. Taylor

Mrs. Beryl Robinson

Mrs. Gertrude E. Chandler

Mrs. Thelma W. Miless

Mrs. Emma G. Newman

Mrs. Cora R. Schalk

Mrs. Lillian E. Denniston

Miss Josephine Williams

Mrs. Louise Corbin

Mrs. Dorothy Clarke

Mrs. Jacquelyne E. Arrington

Mrs. Marsha Poindexter

Ms. Sarah-Ann Shaw

Ms. Klare Shaw

Ms. Leah S. Randolph | Gina Gomes Cruz, Executive Director

Ms. Kalimah Redd Knight, President 2022 - 2024 | Pamela Parks McLaurin, Executive Director