| Former District Mayor Sharon Pratt, recipient of the GWUL Leadership Award | Marc Morial, president, National Urban League | Maudine Cooper, GWUL president/CEO and Jerry Moore, chairman, GWUL Board of Directors. | Miss DC 2007 Shayna Rudd, left and Teen DC 2007 Latonya Abrams. |
| Mrs. Mary Washington, who accepted on behalf of her late husband, former Washington, D.C. Mayor Walt | Phil John does a spoken word tribute to the honorees. | Sterling Tucker, City Council chairman, 1975-1979, received the Whitney Young, Jr. Community Service | Thomas H. Graham, honorary vice chairman of the gala and president, PEPCO Region. |
| Tom Sherwood, left and Jim Vance, both of NBC 4, served as the masters of ceremonies. | Washington, D.C. ‘at large’ Councilwoman Carol Schwartz with honoree former mayor and Councilman Mar | | |