| Campaign | Issue Area | Use of Survivor Stories | Outcome | |----------|------------|------------------------|---------| | (global) | Sexual violence | Millions of brief survivor testimonies on social media | Created global reckoning; policy changes in workplaces; hotline calls increased 40% | | Living Proof (UK, cancer) | Cancer screening | Video diaries of stage 4 survivors who delayed screening | Increased screening attendance by 18% in targeted demographics | | Silence is Violence (New Orleans) | Community violence | Murals and oral histories of shooting survivors | Witness cooperation with police rose 30% in pilot neighborhoods | | #RealConvo (AFSP) | Suicide prevention | Survivors of suicide loss share conversations that helped | 2 million website visits; increase in crisis line calls |
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