The Research and Advocacy Hub works to ensure that SHIFT’s supports for community-university research and advocacy collaborations develop in alignment with SHIFT’s values, mission, and vision while being driven by the priorities of our partners and nourished by best practices from the field.

The Fund Disbursement Hub ensures that SHIFT’s funding opportunities act as efficient mechanisms to identify potential partnerships with promising initiatives, and provide ongoing support to members of the SHIFT Learning Community. Members contribute their expertise and perspectives to increase accessibility and transparency of SHIFT’s funding processes and evaluate their effectiveness. 

Governance Hub members are passionate about how healthy organizational processes and decision-making structures can contribute positively to social change. Their work is focused on ensuring that SHIFT’s governance model is of greatest possible benefit to our mission, and on sharing what we’re learning at SHIFT with others interested in the transformative power of alternative governance systems.

The Collaborative Space Hub is tasked with enabling a dynamic and welcoming space for the SHIFT community and the broader social transformation ecosystem. Together, members of the hub make decisions to ensure that the space becomes a shared resource for the community, provides programming with opportunities to deepen engagement with SHIFT, and contributes to the collective learning about the potential of collaborative spaces.