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      • 28 STATE DIRECTORS
      • AL: Holly Strayer
      • AZ: Crystal Fox
      • CA: Jacqueline Janssen
      • DE: Heidi Nasstrom Evans
      • FL: Jack Wood
      • IN: David Doerner
      • KY: Angeline Davis
      • MA: Lynda Cutrell
      • ME: John Nutting
      • NJ: Chip Angell
      • MI: Carla Van Farowe
      • NC: Beth Wallace
      • OH: Darrell Herrmann
      • PA: Marcie Sohara
      • PA: Carter Hawley
      • RI: Ruth Scott
      • SC: Susan Lea
      • TX: Julie Plank
      • UT: Sherri Wittwer
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Share your Evidence: your voice can change the system

Two Paths: One leads to neglect, one offers hope.
​Your story shows the difference.

​Every story told is a step toward a system that chooses medical care over homelessness, handcuffs, or preventable death. Whether your journey reflects the life-saving power of timely treatment or the devastating consequences of neglect, your voice provides the evidence needed to demand a better future. By sharing your experience, you are transforming personal tragedy or hard-won recovery into a powerful tool for advocacy.

​Your story is the fuel for our momentum

We recognize that sharing takes immense courage, especially when you are exhausted by a system that has been slow to change. But the National Shattering Silence Coalition is no longer a small voice in the dark. In just three years, we have scaled from zero to 27 State Directors and doubled our membership to nearly 900 advocates, with 80 new members joining in the last six weeks alone.

This rapid growth means that when you share your 'evidence' today, it doesn't just sit on a page—it is carried directly into the halls of power by a coordinated national engine. We are ready to take the truth you provide and turn it into the legislative action we have all been waiting for.

​​Add your voice to the movement. Complete the form below to turn your experience into evidence for change.

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