The USC School of Social Work will host its annual black-tie fund-raising dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. The event honors individual contributions to social work practice and research in the community and throughout the world.

The USC School of Social Work will host its annual black-tie fund-raising dinner at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. The event honors individual contributions to social work practice and research in the community and throughout the world. Proceeds from the evening will help launch the John Bryant Scholarship in Urban Social Development for students pursuing graduate study and careers in social work at the USC School of Social Work.

This year’s Crystal Heart, the school’s highest honor for community service, will pay tribute to John Bryant, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE. The nonprofit organization is America’s first social investment banking and national self-help provider of economic empowerment tools and services for the underserved. Selected by Time magazine as one of America’s most promising leaders of the future, Bryant has been cited by the past four U.S. presidents for his work to empower low-wealth communities and is a past recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award for Lifetime Achievement for his charitable activities.

Richard Barth, Frank A. Daniels Professor of Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will receive the Flynn Prize for Research. This award honors research that has achieved high social impact and carries a $10,000 honorarium and gold medallion. Author and co-author of 10 scholarly books and more than 170 articles and book chapters, professor Barth is perhaps the single most well-known scholar in the United States on child welfare and foster care.

A reception begins at 5 p.m., followed by dinner and a live auction. Individual ticket prices, which are tax deductible, start at $250, with table reservations beginning at $2,500. For more information on giving or attending, please call Marlene Wagner at (213) 740-2020.

More Information:

• Marlene Wagner at (213) 740-2020