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Alliance Youth Connection, Youth Action News

Alliance Youth Connection, Youth Action News

- America's Promise Alliance
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....

Free DVD Encourages Girls to �Just Yell Fire�

Free DVD Encourages Girls to “Just Yell Fire”

- America's Promise Alliance
A 15-year old girl from Portland, OR, came up with an idea to teach teenage girls how to fight off an attacker after seeing news footage of a Florida girl’s abduction caught on surveillance tape.
Dallas Jessup, who has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, wrote and starred in a short film, “Just Yell Fire,” to teach girls self-defense techniques. The project became a major production with a professional crew and 100-member cast, including actors from the ABC television show,...