What challenges are struggling Los Angeles communities facing, and what are individuals, organizations, and government doing to improve these neighborhoods? These were some of the questions tackled at a Zócalo/The California Wellness Foundation event at MOCA Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, UC Irvine criminologist Charis E. Kubrin, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center pediatrician Chris Mink, and GRYD Foundation president Adrienne Newsom spoke about their work and their hopes for the future at a panel moderated by Zócalo editorial director Sara Catania.