BRIEFLY : Charity: Pioneer in Civil : Rights to Head Fund-Raiser

On Sunday, Rosa Parks will discuss her book “Rosa Parks: My Story” at a charity event in Beverly Hills.

Parks became known as the “mother of the civil rights movement” for her refusal in 1955 to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Her arrest and conviction for violating segregation laws led to a bus boycott in Montgomery that galvanized the civil rights movement nationwide.

Parks is scheduled to speak during a brunch at 11 a.m. at the Hotel Nikko. Tickets are $100 and include a copy of Parks’ autobiography. Reservations are required. Proceeds will benefit the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development and the Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital Foundation, both in Los Angeles.

Parks founded the institute nearly eight years ago to provide youth services in the Los Angeles area.

For information: (213) 782-3908.

Quake Aid: Citizens Group Makes Relief Contributions

The Eastside-Westside Concerned Citizens Committee presented checks for $500 to the earthquake relief funds of the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

The donation was made earlier this month at a special presentation at Great Western Savings in Pacific Palisades.

Following the Jan. 17 quake, EWCCC volunteers delivered emergency supplies to local shelters and organized the “Earthquake Follies Variety Show” to raise relief funds.

Government: 2 Westsiders Appointed to Commissions

Los Angeles County Supervisor Ed Edelman has named two Westside residents to Los Angeles County commissions.

Beverly Hills resident Ann Cutrow has been reappointed to the Los Angeles County Mental Health Advisory Board. For the past 15 years, she has worked as a volunteer case aide at the Freda Mohr Multiservice Center for Seniors and Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles.

E. Zachary Seff, a Brentwood real estate loan broker and consultant, has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals Board. His duties will include hearing appeals on residential, commercial, industrial and related personal property assessments.