===== Family, Culture, and Community Assets =====

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**Reframing the Narrative: Research emphasizes strong familial networks and cultural knowledge as key protective factors**
  * Journal of Marriage and Family, Washington et al. / 2024: [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17413737|Extended Family Networks and Resilience in Boys of Color]]
  * Child Development, Hughes & Smith / 2025: [[https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678624|Racial Socialization and Cultural Pride as Buffers Against Discrimination]]

**Community Leadership: The role of community-based mentorship in fostering resilience**
  * National Mentoring Resource Center, NMRC Staff / 2024: [[https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/|Culturally Responsive Mentoring Practices for Minority Youth]]
  * Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, Lee & Davis / 2025: [[https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmet20/current|Beyond the Classroom: The Impact of Community-Based Mentors on Black and Latino Boys]]

**Equity Principle: Effective policy builds on community strengths rather than framing families through deficits**
  * Educational Researcher, Yosso & Garcia / 2024: [[https://journals.sagepub.com/home/edr|Operationalizing Community Cultural Wealth in Educational Policy]]
  * American Journal of Community Psychology, Martinez et al. / 2025: [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15732770|Asset-Based Frameworks for Youth Development in Marginalized Communities]]