The Links organization recognized the following community leaders in the year 2007: Mrs. Edna McIver, Multimedia artist, awarded for Community Service The Arts, Ms. Ramona King, Storyteller and Performance Artist, awarded for Community Service to Youth, Mr. Ron Wallace, founder and publisher of the Perspective I and II, awarded for Community Service National Trends and Services and Shiame Okunor, Ph.D., former Director of African American Studies at the University of New Mexico, was awarded for Community Service International Trends and Services.
Mrs. Helen Wash Asbury, President, of the Albuquerque Chapter The Links, Incorporated, said that, "this is the fourth Gala we have sponsored but this is the first one to include the community service awards, which will now become an annual event. The Links has always been committed to the 4 areas of which we recognized our community honorees. We have received several national awards for our involvement in these areas, and for the next Gala we hope to include scholarships as well."