News Coverage

Vancouver's Dallas Jessup has done it again.
Jessup is one of 120 semi-finalists in the 2008 Huggable Heroes search sponsored by the Build-A-Bear Workshop International Community Service Program. She's being recognized for her efforts to raise awareness of the importance of self-defense for women.
Jessup, who attends St. Mary's Academy in Portland, wrote and produced the film "Just Yell Fire," which illustrates steps women can take when attacked.
Earlier this year, Jessup was...

10 people will be honored next week for their extraordinary dedication and service to others and for being superior role models. They are winners of the 2008 Caring Award...

Planning for a kidnapping attempt is probably the last thing any parent and child want to do, so it rarely gets done. Especially when they're little, boys are abducted or targeted too, but as the years go by, females are more at risk.
One in four females (reported; the actual estimate is one in three) is a victim of sexual assault, and over 120,000 abductions of women and girls are reported annually in the U.S. Other than keeping a watchful eye and being wary of strangers, there is...

Even with the airlines' more-restrictive baggage limit, I was able to transport some of Portland's creative spirit to New Orleans. I'm here for a national sexual-assault training for law enforcement officers, lawyers, nurses and domestic violence workers from across the country.
The conference, titled Transforming Our Nation's Response to Rape, is looking for new ideas -- besides legal remedies -- to help victims. So, I'm importing a suggestion the folks in the room might not have heard:...

1 in 4 girls will be date raped before college. 140,000 abductions will be attempted
this year. What can girls do to stop these statistics from becoming fact? Dallas Jessup
had a plan. What she didn't realize was that her plan would turn into a program that
would help girls all over the world.
Q. What school do you attend and what are your college plans?
A. I'm junior in high school at St. Mary's Academy in Portland, and reside in Vancouver, Washington....

CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2008 list of Notable Children's Videos. The list includes videos for children 14 years of age and younger that exhibit especially commendable quality, show respect for children's intelligence and imagination and reflect and encourage the interests of children in exemplary ways.
The selected videos are:
"Becoming an Organized Student," Human...

Jessup a Finalist
Vancouver's Dallas Jessup was a big winner with online voters who named her one of the finalists for the Volvo Life Awards.
Jessup, 16, will be awarded $10,000 as a finalist in the exceptional child hero category. She could receive $25,000 if chosen the overall winner at a ceremony March 19 in New York City.
Jessup, who attends St. Mary's Academy in Portland, wrote, produced and co-starred in "Just Yell Fire," a film that shows women how to protect themselves...

FORT COLLINS, CO, Jan 23 /PRNewswire/ - America's most recognized teen safety advocate, Dallas Jessup (16), will speak and conduct workshops along with co-star Matt Wadzita at the 2008 Amazing Women's Safety Awareness Conference on February 2, 2008.
Attendees will view Jessup's Just Yell Fire film and Dallas and Matt will teach some simple street fighting techniques (including eye gouging, face biting, whip-slapping an ear and seven others) that anyone can learn in less than an hour. The...

Dallas Jessup
Vancouver, Washington
Watching on the news the surveillance video showing an older man grabbing a young girl at a car wash and kidnapping her, Dallas Jessup was outraged. The abduction, and subsequent rape and murder, of eleven-year-old Carlie Brucia shocked the entire nation. But when the shock and anger subsided, and her abductor was finally captured, many went on with their lives and forgot about the young girl whose own life had been so savagely cut short. But Dallas,...