Elizabeth Smart

I hope so much they haven't.

But if they haven't, they know someone who has, whether they know they know them or not.

I mean, whether that person has disclosed to them or not.

They know someone.

I mean, that's just how prevalent it is in today's society.

And so our whole campaign is about trying to help educate the public on what it is to be a survivor.

How can we be a better community?

How can we support our victims and survivors a bit more?

How can we rise above victim blaming and victim shaming?

And, you know, we want everyone to jump on board and take our pledge where we pledge to believe our survivors.

We believe you.

Where we, you know, will offer them support and where we offer them, you know, love and a safe place to fall.

Because we all need each other.

I mean, there are very few people in this world that can survive without...

Human contact.

I mean, there are some, like I won't say everyone, but most of us, we need each other.

We need a community.

Yeah.

And so we need to, I mean, we absolutely need to do a better job on how we respond when someone discloses abuse to us, when someone shares abuse.

literally the worst moments of their life, because how you respond can dictate the future of whether or not they go out and get the help that they need and pursue justice, or whether they bottle it back up inside them and have it destroy them from the inside out.