Hub3 addresses systemic inequities by giving underserved communities the tools to build health, wealth, and power. We are a 501(c)(3): nonpartisan, no party, no candidate, no issue.
Civic engagement in underserved communities suffers from short-cycle, top-down outreach. Outside groups parachute in eight weeks before an election and leave the day after.
The parachute model has a structural flaw that no amount of funding fixes: the person knocking does not live there, and on the ninth week nobody does. Everything it builds -- the trust, the local knowledge, the relationship -- is thrown away on purpose.
So we went looking for the smallest durable unit of the work, and it turned out to be a person who already lives on the street. Someone who votes in every general election, walking the ten households nearest her own. She was there before the campaign and she is there after it. The measurement says that unit is enough to reach almost everyone.
CHAIR · HOWARD UNIV. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. Researches financial inclusion, mobile money, and digital infrastructure for underserved communities. Founded Hub3 to put the same long-cycle approach to work in civic engagement.
BOARD MEMBER
Strategist and operator with two decades in civic engagement, public affairs, and community organizing. Brings the field perspective that keeps Hub3 from drifting into a tools-only company.
BOARD MEMBER · AMERICAN UNIV. KOGOD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Researches operations, supply chains, and the economics of underserved markets. Keeps Hub3's product roadmap honest about cost, scale, and the constraints partner organizations actually run under.
If you're organizing in North Carolina and the parachute model isn't enough -- let's talk.