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We talked with Dallas Jessup from "Just Yell Fire", empowering girls to protect themselves.
Dallas Jessup of Vancouver, uses her own expertise in martial arts to help train and empower other young women to stand up for themselves against predators. 15 year old Dallas, wrote, produced and starred in her own movie "Just Yell Fire". Now Dallas has been identified as one of the nation's top 40 heroes and is in the running to be named "America's Greatest Hometown Hero" in the 6th annual Volvo...

Dallas Jessup created a video that teaches girls how to fight their way out of dangerous situations.
(CNN) -- Three teens have been named CNN Heroes finalists in the "Young Wonder" category for their work in the areas of autism, self-defense and race relations.
The three honorees were selected from thousands nominated online as ordinary people whose work has had an extraordinary impact on the lives of others.
All three will be acknowledged during "CNN Heroes: An All-Star...

The young lady, fifteen-year old Dallas Jessup, had a black belt in Tae Kwon Do by the time she was thirteen.
However, she realizes that not everyone has the money or time to spend years learning a martial art. So, when she discovered that she would need 160 hours of community service as a requirement for graduation from St. Mary’s Academy in downtown Portland, she decided to make a film about self-defense for teenage girls.
“There are tons of abductions going on all...

Bend Soroptimists plan event to educate young women on self protection
BEND, Sept. 4, 2007 – The Soroptimists of Bend will present a free public showing of the award winning DVD Just Yell Fire - Empowering Girls to Protect Themselves from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3 in the Mountain View High School auditorium. US Bank is sponsoring the event. A similar event will take place in Redmond later in October.
“With the staggering statistic of one in four girls...

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Did you know one out of four girls currently in middle or high school will be date-raped before they graduate college? Scary, right? When now-15-year-old Dallas discovered that fact, she knew something had to be done. ~We have a right not to be a statistic," she says. That was the idea behind Just Yell Fire (JYF), the instructional film she and a friend wrote, directed and starred in. "Our goal is to put predators out of business."
The video shows various scenarios...

Bend Soroptimists plan event to educate young women on self protection
BEND, Sept. 4, 2007 – The Soroptimists of Bend will present a free public showing of the award winning DVD Just Yell Fire - Empowering Girls to Protect Themselves from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3 in the Mountain View High School auditorium. US Bank is sponsoring the event. A similar event will take place in Redmond later in October.
“With the staggering statistic of one in four girls becoming the ...

One of the most important ways you can protect your children and help them along the path to independence is to teach them how to recognize and cope with potentially dangerous situations.
“Whether your child is 8 or 18, he or she can become a victim of violence or abduction,” says Kelly Costello, M.D., pediatrician at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network. “Teach your children to become aware of red flags and get help in any situation that makes them...

A captivated audience of middle school girls and volunteers from the Soroptimists of South Whidbey day camp listen as the "Just Yell Fire" team demonstrate rape and abduction prevention techniques for girls.
FREELAND - It's been called the coolest high school project ever and a high school girl from St. Mary's Academy in Portland, Oregon wants it to put predators and date-rapists out of business.
Dallas Jessup, 15, made a film called "Just Yell Fire" designed to empower teenage...