--- description: Amber Heard speaks out about her experience in a PSA about domestic violence. She has alleged that former husband Johnny Depp was abusive. title: You Have to See Amber Heard’s Powerful PSA Against Domestic Violence image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ad7c72a3dfab3de/6988afc88e06012d6f46866e/amber-heard.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Have to See Amber Heard’s Powerful PSA Against Domestic Violence by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2016 4:42 PM CUT  Model/actress Amber Heard attends Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 at NeueHouse Hollywood on Nov. 14, 2016 in Los Angeles. Model/actress Amber Heard attends Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 at NeueHouse Hollywood on Nov. 14, 2016 in Los Angeles.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images/Glamour by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2016 4:42 PM CUT [Amber Heard](http://motto.time.com/4571182/amber-heard-emily-doe-glamour/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") has created a PSA to highlight domestic abuse, saying “when it happens in your home behind closed doors with someone you love, it’s not as straightforward as if a stranger did this”. The video was posted to [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwqAP9mICR0 "undefined") on Friday, coinciding with the U.N.’s [International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women](http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/ "undefined"), in partnership with the [Girlgaze project](https://www.instagram.com/girlgazeproject/ "undefined"). In the video, Heard encourages viewers to speak up, saying “your voice is the most powerful thing.” “Just as a woman having gone through this in the public stage, I have a unique opportunity to remind other women not only that this doesn’t have to be the way it is, you don’t have to do it alone,” Heard says in the video. The actress [alleged in June](http://time.com/4353735/amber-heard-johnny-depp/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") that her then-husband Johnny Depp was abusive. Heard has since announced that she would be donating the [$7 million divorce settlement](http://time.com/4458518/amber-heard-settlement-donate-charity/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") that she received from Depp to two charities, one of which works with survivors of domestic abuse. “Violence against women is not limited to actual physical violence, it is also about how we deal with it and how we talk about it in the media and in our culture,” the actress says in the PSA. “We, as women standing shoulder-to-shoulder, cannot and will not any longer accept silence.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4583325/amber-heard-psa-domestic-abuse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4583325/amber-heard-psa-domestic-abuse/"},"headline":"You Have to See Amber Heard’s Powerful PSA Against Domestic Violence","datePublished":"2016-11-28T16:42:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:58.024Z","description":"'Your voice is the most powerful thing'","url":"https://time.com/4583325/amber-heard-psa-domestic-abuse/","keywords":["motto","Domestic Abuse","Amber Heard"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ad7c72a3dfab3de/6988afc88e06012d6f46866e/amber-heard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ad7c72a3dfab3de/6988afc88e06012d6f46866e/amber-heard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 - Red Carpet","caption":"Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 - Red Carpet","creditText":"Frazer Harrison—Getty Images/Glamour","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4583325/amber-heard-psa-domestic-abuse/","name":"You Have to See Amber Heard’s Powerful PSA Against Domestic Violence"}}]}] ```