There’s more than one way in.
Make something. Lend a skill. Fund a piece of the work.
Let’s Talk Access is being built by people who bring different things to the table — time, ideas, expertise, materials, introductions, creativity, money, curiosity, and occasionally a very strange idea that turns out to be exactly what we needed.
Sometimes the easiest way in is just to show up. Join us at a performance, public installation, workshop, conversation, fundraiser, or one of the stranger things we get up to in a square.
Bring your hands, your brain, or both. Our volunteers work across events, outreach, production, fundraising, research, community engagement and the practical work that turns an idea into something real. Some roles are a few hours. Some grow into something bigger.
Artists, performers, makers, photographers, designers, storytellers, builders, fabricators and people whose skill set is difficult to explain at parties: hello. We build creative work that gets people curious, talking and participating — and we like finding new ways to do it.
Researchers. Clinicians. Students. strategists. Audio people. Communications people. Community organizers. People who know things we don’t. We offer practicums, project collaborations and opportunities to contribute real expertise to work that is still evolving.
We work with businesses, community organizations, universities, funders and institutions that want to contribute more than a logo. That might mean a venue, a campaign, materials, research, reach, sponsorship, expertise or building something together that neither of us would make alone.
Money is useful. We’re not going to pretend otherwise. It pays contributors, produces free public resources, creates events, supports access to care, and helps turn a heavily bootstrapped project into something built to last. Give once. Fund a piece. Sponsor something. Help us reach someone who can.
A venue. A printer. A journalist. A researcher. A business with leftover materials. A funder who should know we exist. Someone who knows how to build the thing currently held together with optimism and zip ties.
If a person, place, resource or opportunity came to mind while reading this, tell us.
The work should give something back to you, too.
We believe participation should be reciprocal.
People who work with Let’s Talk Access get opportunities to learn, develop skills, try new roles, build relationships, contribute their expertise and have a real hand in shaping what gets made.
We don’t want people standing around the edges performing “help.”
We want people doing work that matters — and leaving with something they didn’t have when they arrived.
It’s a literacy intervention designed to cut dropouts, reduce wasted referrals, and help people get the right help, faster.
Curious is enough.
You don’t need a perfect pitch or a five-year commitment.
Come to an event. Send the email. Bring the idea. Introduce us to someone. Ask what needs doing.
That’s usually how these things start.