USC Lambda Alumni Association Board members and Scholarship Benefit co-chairs Terrell Green MS ’23 (left) and Jay Prewitt-Cruz EdD ’23 helped raise more than $43,000 for deserving students at the association’s 33rd annual scholarship benefit. (Photo/Ligia Chin Photography
Building Futures Through Pride
For more than three decades, USC Lambda has turned connection into opportunity for USC students, alumni and the LGBTQ+ community.
For more than 30 years, the USC Lambda LGBTQ+ Alumni Association has been creating opportunities for Trojans to thrive — building community, expanding access to higher education and demonstrating the power of the Trojan Family along the way.
The association has awarded scholarships to students across the university while fostering a network of alumni committed to mentoring, advocacy and belonging since its founding in 1992. Each year, Trojans come together to invest in the next generation, ensuring students have both financial support and a community that celebrates them.
That commitment was on display this spring when alumni, students and friends gathered for the association’s 33rd Annual Scholarship Benefit, raising more than $43,000 to support student scholarships and Lambda programs.
USC President Beong-Soo Kim praised the organization’s enduring impact, recognizing its decades of “creating connection, fostering belonging and helping ensure that LGBTQ+ students and alumni are seen, supported and celebrated.”
The gathering also recognized members of the Trojan Family whose leadership reflects the association’s mission of service and inclusion. This year’s honorees included Dallas Dishman MA ’97, PhD ’03, executive director of the David Geffen Foundation, who was presented with the Visionary Leader Award. Tony Hoang ’11, executive director of Equality California and Silver State Equality, received the Equity Leadership Award. Michael Amato ’26, an alumnus and current graduate student in the USC Price School of Public Policy, was honored with the Outstanding Student Scholar Award. Singer-songwriter Remi Wolf ’18 accepted the Trailblazer Award with a video speech.
“Each of them embodies the values and impact we aspire to as individuals and as a university, and reflects something essential: the ability to make a difference while staying grounded in who they are and in their connection to others,” Kim said of the honorees. “That’s what it means to be both impactful and human-centered.”
Building Futures Through Pride
