The yourself, your city, your rights.

It's a gender and public safety symposium, and we have a number of workshops, starting with gender-based violence, prevention, and support.

There are people who are dealing with tough situations and things that people don't like to talk about.

But by us being here to provide the information we can change and save lives.

When asked about public safety deeply and in dialogue with people, the conversation is not about cops and robbers and victims.

What we heard today about public safety is that what makes people feel safe is economic security, is strong community, self-empowerment.

At Calcett LA, our mission is to educate the next generation, and that includes civic engagement.

So beyond their major or their specific programs, they have a role to play in the civic community that they choose to be in.

And so today is all about giving them those resources to do that work safely.

This is where young people are with bright minds and they're open-minded still.

They're here because they want to learn something.

So why not share?

In a space where people are open to learn and can be contributors.

Well, I want them to not just live in fear.

Counted among the safer large cities in the nation, LA has built its progress on collaboration.

City leaders, community members, and the police department work side by side, strengthening neighborhoods, protecting immigrant angelinos, and partnering with residents to address crime where it happens most.

And we all come together and we have presentations, we share ideas, we share intelligence, things that are happening on the streets, best practices, and how to combat and address the human trafficking epidemic that we see on the streets of Los Angeles.

Figaroa, of course, is the most famous of all the tracks as they call them.

And that's where children as young as 12 years old are being trafficked.

Support groups and service groups can't do it alone.

We all have to work together.

And also the prosecutorial part of that with the city attorney and district attorney, the U.S.

Attorney's Office of going forward with the prosecution of those who are offending and of those who are trafficking these, especially minors here in the city of Los Angeles.

We can't walk by situations where somebody is being held against their will.

Somebody is being put in an extremely dangerous circumstance over and over again.

So we all have an ability to be able to do something about it in our communities.

All of you are doing that every single day.

And the courage it takes to do what you're doing is amazing.

Los Angeles is also advancing smart city initiatives, upgrading infrastructure like connecting street lighting that responds to real-time conditions, expanding public Wi-Fi, and exploring new mobility solutions to reduce congestion and emissions as part of long-term plans through 2028.

Strong relationships lay the groundwork for lasting success while working together toward a common goal.

Sports, especially team competition, build discipline, perseverance, and resilience.

A truth often echoed by basketball greats reflecting on the journey behind their achievements.

I'm about to take you to the hole, ready.

Excited about being in LA as the CEO of the Legends of Basketball.

Wanted to make sure that we got into the community and do the same thing for the community it did for us, which was to raise us, give these kids an opportunity to hear from us, learn from us.

One, two, three!

And feel the energy that we bring into any gym that we walk into.

Come on, make a shop, big shop.

We're here in the 10th district at Michelle Barack Obama sports complex.

And what we have is an amazing thing.

A free clinic from kids from the second grade to the ninth grade.

We got so many great legends from WNBA legends, Paul and Globe Trial Legends, ABA Legends, and NBA legends, just given the fullness to the game.

Just showing the kids life through basketball.

And we're just excited to be here.

Sports teaches us so much.

And I was lucky to have a safe environment to experiment with different sports.

And I quickly learned that it taught me discipline.

It taught me perseverance, how to fall down and get up, how to believe in myself, how to be confident in who I am.

And so I'm hoping that we can come here and give our kids that same message because I know when we do, they end up being something far greater than they thought that they could ever be.

It is important for us to be here and put on these clinics because we again we want this, we want to show the kids the opportunities.

We want to instill in them what someone instilled in us, and that's the morals, the values, the hard work, the dedication.

Just being here is step one.

And so once they're here, now we're going to teach them some of the life skills as well as basketball skills.

In today's world of all the technology that we have with social media, the internet.

We're seeking to always empower our brains and our minds.

But if they don't learn how to move their bodies in a way that keeps them healthy and not just healthy, but keeps them connected to others and having fun, uh, then we're giving them something that is really going to be detrimental as they get older because we need to learn how to take care of our bodies.

I really just want to tell the parents continue to put your kids in sport.

They may not be NBA player, WNBA player, next, you know, major soccer player, but there's something important about being on a team sport that they can carry over into the workforce.

They can just carry on through life about being a teammate, about dedication, about sometimes working together for a common goal.

So there's bigger opportunities, there's bigger reasons why sport is good for young kids.