Crossroads Fund will hold its annual benefit, “Seeds of Change,” Friday, April 16, at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph. The private host reception is at 5:30 p.m., the general reception is 6:30 p.m. and the awards presentation is 7:30 p.m.

Deborah Harrington, outgoing executive director of Wood Fund of Chicago, and the Long Term Prisoner Policy Project will receive the Ron Sable Award for Activism, while the WE-ACTx Youth Exchange will receive the Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award. Contact Sheila O’Donnell at 773-227-7676 or sheila@crossroadsfund.org.