Projects may need to align partially with institutional agendas in order to access funding, partnerships, or policy processes (Hecker et al., 2018).

However, alignment should not lead to:

• mission drift;

• reduced community ownership;

• extractive participation;

• or weakened ethical commitments.

Before entering or revisiting partnerships, practitioners may find it helpful to reflect on:

• which values feel non-negotiable;

• how governance expectations are understood;

• what ethical boundaries matter most;

• and what healthy collaboration would look like.

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