March 23, 2013 - March 29, 2013, The Afro-American C1

The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel’s ballroom was nearly overflowing March 13 as the Greater Washington Urban League’s Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Gala was the occasion for a look at 75 years of service in the D.C. area. Urban League honorees included some of the city’s leading local journalists and broadcasters. In addition, the names of 22 scholarship winner were announced.

AFRO Photos/Rob Roberts

Queen Gladden, volunteer coordinator (far left, 1st row) with event volunteers

Mrs. Cynthia Moore, Jerry A. Moore, III, chair, GWUL Board of Directors and honoree Linda Cropp, Former Chair, Council of the District of Columbia

Michael Akin, gala general chair, Honoree Linda Cropp, Former Chair, Council of the District of Columbia, Anthony Williams, former Mayor of the District of Columbia and Jerry Moore, III, chair, GWUL Board of Directors

Maritha Gay and Kim Horn being interviewed by Comcast

MGM Grand Detroit’s director of public affairs, Dee Dee McKinney Odom, Juliette Okotie-Ebon and Paul Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Colbert King; King is an honoree and Washington Post Columnist

AFRO-American Newspaper executives Edgar Brookins and Benjamin Phillips and his wife Felecia Phillips, U.S. Army Gen. (ret.) William Ward and his wife Joyce and Alex Barron, regional general manager, Walmart

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir performed during the gala.

Alex Barron, Tahneena Barron, Omar Abdul-Malik and Aiesha Abdul-Malik

Media Titans Honorees: Kojo Nnamdi, Host, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU Radio and Evening Exchange, WHUT-TV and Washington Post editorial writer Colbert King and Jim Vance, anchor, NBC4 TV

Master of Ceremonies, Aaron Gilchrist and Danella Sealock, NBC4 TV

Scholarship winners being presented; honoree Karen Price-Ward, Southwest Airlines (far right)

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Mayor, NBC 4’s president and General Manager, Jackie Bradford, Jim Vance (center)

Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams looks on as National Urban League President Marc Morial speaks to a guest

Mayor Vincent Gray (center) presents 75-year plaque to the GWUL

DC Councilpersons, Muriel Bowser and Tommie Wells presents 75 year Resolution to the GWUL

GWUL leader Maudine Cooper, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Mayor Vincent Gray

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) presents Community Service Award to Dr. Bernard Demczuk, Asst. VP for District Relations, The George Washington University

Beverly Perry, SVP, External Affairs, Pepco presents Community Service Award to Greg TenEyck, chair, Safeway Foundation, Eastern Division

Media Titan Award honorees: Jim Vance, NBC4 TV; Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher, Washington Informer; Joe Madison of Sirius/XM Satellite Radio; Kojo Nnamdi, WHUT-TV Evening Exchange; Maureen Bunyan, anchor, WJLA TV-7 and Colbert King, Washington Post editorial writer; Maudine Cooper on the far right

Kimi Holloway, Ms. Corporate America, Aaron Gilchrist, Dr. Lisa Matthews and Danella Sealock

March 23, 2013 - March 29, 2013, The Afro-American C1

Alberta Sinkler receives special recognition for 46 years of membership

Morgan Women

Scholarship awardee and Morgan senior Qiana Edwards is congratulated by Dr. Earlene Roberts, Colleen Hayden, Dr. Carla Hayden

Beatrice Brown and Henri Ann Daniels

Catherine Stansbury and Virginia Vauls

Lifetime Achievement awards were presented to Virginia Vauls, Alberta Sinkler, Essie Banks, Doreatha Jordan, June Dennis, Catherine Stansbury, Alice Downs

Charlotte Stewart, Toya Corbett and Emily Henry

Dr. Earlene Johnson Roberts, president, MSU Women, Dr. Carl D. Hayden, director and CEO, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Dr. Flossie E. Windley, past president, MSUW, Alice G. Downs, Historian, MSUW

Delace Burch, Harbor City, Wylene Burch, Columbia Chapter

From left: Charlestine Fairley, Linda Boyd, Pamela Gentry, Annis Gazeway, Eris Sims, Elyse Johnson, Veronica Gentry, Yamma Williams, Rose Thompson, Dr. Thelma T. Daley, Ingrid Davidson

Dr. Thelma T. Daley, co-chair, Annapolis Golden Anniversary Gala

Seated: Roberta Wise, Cynthia Boyd, Diane Hardison, Eastern Regional director, Thelma Sparks (charter member), Dr. Thelma T. Daley, and Annapolis Maryland Chapter members

Link Kim Mumby Green and Sy Green

Seated: Roberta Wise, Charlestine Fairley, Annis Gazeway, Thelma Sparks. Standing: Sheila Finalyson, Ressa Reynolds, Linda Boyd, Pamela Gentry, Thelma Sparks

Alumnnae members Doris Knight and Joyce McManus

Faith Thomas, Baltimore Chapter and Kweisi Mfume, master of ceremonies

Cynthia Boyd, co-chair, Annapolis Golden Anniversary Gala

Natalie Ballard, Thomas and Barbara Arthur

Robert Bell, Chief Judge Maryland Court of Appeals

Enoch Pratt Free Library Director Dr. Carla D. Hayden, Dr. Sheila Richardson and Albertha Sinkler were recognized by the Morgan State University community recently as the Morgan State University Women (MSUW) celebrated Black History Month in the University Student Center. Dr. Hayden was the featured speaker for the event at which the three women were recognized for their achievements and accomplishments. The MSUW group is preparing for their annual tea April 7.

The Annapolis chapter of the Links turned 50 recently and celebrated with a gala dinner dance at the Hilton Baltimore BWI to celebrate how they have grown from a group of 12 African American professional women who shared the vision of giving back to their community through educational programs, service projects and cultural celebrations into a group with activities that have include a Community Health

and Wellness Forum, a mentorship program for young African American male teenagers, and an annual scholarship contest for students in the Anne Arundel County Public School who are planning to attend college.

Photos by A. Lois DeLaine

Photos by A. Lois DeLaine