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