Mapping the Intersections: A Community-Centered Approach with a Shared Risk and Protective Factor Framework
Prevention Pathways Community of Practice
January 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Overview
In this session, participants will engage in an interactive process to map shared risk and protective factors across their communities. We’ll discuss how negative associated impacts with the social drivers of health—like racism, poverty, criminalization, and displacement—create overlapping vulnerabilities for youth, and how cultural connection, safe spaces, and trusted relationships act as protective factors. Participants will learn tools to analyze the intersectionality of risk and protective factors using data, youth storytelling, and community wisdom. We’ll also explore strategies to co-create prevention programming with youth that authentically responds to these intersections.
About the Presenters
A passionate, results-driven leader with over 20 years of experience in youth development, Dr. Carroll Brown III has dedicated his career to empowering at-risk and system-impacted communities across Los Angeles. His work focuses on foster youth, addiction recovery, and culturally responsive mentorship for BIPOC youth.
Board-certified and deeply committed to service, Dr. Brown is a professor at Tarzana Treatment Center College and California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where he prepares future mental health professionals and leads students in conversations around leadership, equity, and social change.
An experienced facilitator and trainer, he partners with organizations to build trauma-informed teams and develop trainings focused on addiction, mental health, and the needs of system-involved youth. His approach blends analytical problem-solving, strategic management, and deep community engagement to create impactful, sustainable programs.
Dr. Brown is the visionary behind several mentorship initiatives, including The Fostering Resiliency Project, which provides healing-centered support to Black foster youth. His leadership has helped young people navigate critical life transitions, develop resilience, and thrive in adulthood.
Rooted in his personal motto, “If it is to be, it’s up to me,” Dr. Brown leads with integrity, compassion, and a commitment to transformation. He specializes in building high-performing teams, nurturing community partnerships, and creating safe spaces where youth and families are affirmed, supported, and empowered to succeed.
Rebecca “Maggie” Magdalena Escobedo-Steele (she/her) is the founder of 7th Generation Warriors For Peace, an organization dedicated to working with communities, families, individuals, children and youth to prevent cycles of family violence, gang conflict, addiction and suicide by promoting cultural healing, positive activism and empowerment. For over 25 years, Maggie has implemented women’s leadership programs, youth and community prevention healing events, peacemaking in prison facilities, and wellness workshops throughout California and the United States. Maggie is recognized as a Distinguished American Indian Educator by the California Department of Education, a Peacemaker by the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, a Community Fellow for the California Wellness Foundation Violence Prevention Initiative, and an Ambassador for Peace Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County. She has received the prestigious Chiefs award from Southern California Chief of Probation for her excellence and innovation in working to bring cultural healing and conflict resolution to countless individuals and families.
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