| D.C. At-Large Councilman Kwame Brown greets some youths. | Dr. J.C. Hayward, Anchor and Vice President of Media Outreach, WUSA 9 News Now. | Gerald B. Lang, Barbara Lang (President & CEO, D.C. Chamber of Commerce), and Michelle Dunn. | Michela English; Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams; D.C. School Chancellor Michele Rhee.... |
| Ms. Rita Williams, Ms. Amber Jacobs, Ms. Andrea Gardner, Ms. Meg Burger, Ms. Lindsay Taylor... | R & B artist John Legend, performing live… | Sheila C. Johnson, Chairman – School Night 2008, and her husband Judge William Coleman… | Urban Nation H.I.P.H.O.P. Choir |