Let's Talk NWA

About Let's Talk

Born out of the year-long community based research project Keeping Families Safe, Let’s Talk NWA—at its soul—is a project designed to affect positive change in the black community by breaking the cycle of domestic violence.


Sponsored by the NWA Center for Sexual Assault, Let’s Talk NWA is a project designed by, and for, black people in Northwest Arkansas, and driven by the center's staff and community volunteers, working in partnership to make the Let’s Talk NWA mission statement a reality.


Let’s Talk NWA creates a safe hub for self-expression by black people about domestic violence and sexual assault.

Let's Talk is seeking volunteers to help reach more people in NWA.
For more information about each volunteer position, click on the title below:

Steering Committee Member

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  •  An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Identify as a member of the black and/or African heritage community or a non-black ally to the black and/or
  • African-heritage community.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older or have parental consent to be involved.
  • Willingness to work primarily in developing, supporting, and executing LTNWA project goals agreed upon by the Steering Committee

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Speaker's Bureau Member

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  • An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Experience with public speaking and a willingness to speak publicly to groups of varying sizes about domestic violence and other sensitive issues
  • Identify as a member of the black and/or African-heritage community

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Volunteer Advocate

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  • An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Identify as a member of the black and/or African-heritage community
  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • Comfortable discussing sensitive issues and have a willingness to work directly with survivors of domestic
  • violence and sexual assault
  • Lived experience and/or professional experience with domestic violence and/or sexual assault in the black and/or African-heritage community

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Volunteer Ally

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  • An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Identify as a member of or a non-black ally to the black and/or African-heritage community
  • Must be 18 years of age or older or have parental consent to be involved
  • Willingness to work primarily in a supportive role in achieving LTNWA project goals as set forth by Steering Committee

Sign Up

Steering committee member

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  •  An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Identify as a member of the black and/or African heritage community or a non-black ally to the black and/or
  • African-heritage community.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older or have parental consent to be involved.
  • Willingness to work primarily in developing, supporting, and executing LTNWA project goals agreed upon by the Steering Committee

Sign up

Speaker's bureau member

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  • An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Experience with public speaking and a willingness to speak publicly to groups of varying sizes about domestic violence and other sensitive issues
  • Identify as a member of the black and/or African-heritage community

Sign up

Volunteer advocate

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  • An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Identify as a member of the black and/or African-heritage community
  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • Comfortable discussing sensitive issues and have a willingness to work directly with survivors of domestic
  • violence and sexual assault
  • Lived experience and/or professional experience with domestic violence and/or sexual assault in the black and/or African-heritage community

Sign up

Volunteer ally

  • Commitment and belief in the Let’s Talk NWA mission
  • An overall understanding of systems of oppression and their manifestations in society
  • Willingness to educate oneself on the issues surrounding domestic violence in the black community
  • Identify as a member of or a non-black ally to the black and/or African-heritage community
  • Must be 18 years of age or older or have parental consent to be involved
  • Willingness to work primarily in a supportive role in achieving LTNWA project goals as set forth by Steering Committee

Sign up

Naudia

Walton

Survivor Services Advocate

Let's Talk NWA