Photos from the 2008 Griot Drum Awards

These photos were taken by membership chair Demorris Lee. They document, from right to left and top to bottom: dancers from the Soulful Arts Dance Academy; host Deiah Riley with friends; St. Petersburg Times consumer affairs reporter Ivan Penn accompanying his wife, vocalist September Penn, in a gospel song; Poynter visual journalism guru and ordained pastor Ken Irby delivering the invocation; ABC Action News anchor Wendy Ryan; keynote speaker Mark McEwen and 10 Connects reporter Tammy Fields; Central Avenue Remembered star and Tampa's poet laureate James Tokely.