THE IDEA

Every minute, 32 people in the US experience domestic violence. Getting help takes an average of 15 minutes and for some, that's too long. Verizon's "Yes, We Can Hear You" is a platform built around one urgent truth: when you can't ask for help out loud, you still need a way to ask.

The platform works invisibly. A decoy app that looks like any other Verizon tool, a hotline triggered by code words through Siri, and a universal SOS shortcut that alerts authorities without leaving a trace. No suspicion, no paper trail, no delay.