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National Shattering Silence Coalition


  • Mission

    We are building a world where a mother's desperate cry for her child in a psychiatric crisis is met with a compassionate doctor and immediate medical care—never again with silence, a closed clinic door, and a pair of handcuffs.

    About Us

    The National Shattering Silence Coalition (NSSC) was born from the urgent need to dismantle the systemic neglect and discrimination that impede medical accountability for those with severe mental illness. We are not a passive observer of the crisis; we are a community of action—caregivers, survivors, advocates, and clinical professionals united to turn shared family experience into a National Standard of Care.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Disability
    • Health & Medicine
    • Housing & Homelessness
    • Human Rights & Civil Liberties
    • Mental Health

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