Zócalo Public Square

At a Zócalo /The California Wellness Foundation event at Frank’s Place at Warnors Center in downtown Fresno, moderated by Valley Public Radio director of program content Joe Moore, Foodlink of Tulare County executive director Sarah Ramirez, Fresno State and University of Helsinki social work researcher Kris Clarke, and San Joaquin Valley Latino Environmental Advancement and Policy Project (Valley LEAP) founder and executive director Rey Leon talked about how Central Valley communities are creating their own solutions to stubborn problems neglected by county, state, and federal government. The discussion was framed by findings of the Advancing Wellness Poll, which found that people in the Valley were more likely than other Californians to give their communities poor ratings on neighborhood health.