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189 Viewable News Items by Date • More recent • Older  Dallas Jessup: Local Vancouver Teen Just Yells Fire >> more
|   In the fall of 2005, Dallas Jessup
of Vancouver had no idea how many
lives she would go on to touch in the
next five years. She was a freshman in
high school when her mother shared
with her the television surveillance
footage of Florida teenager Carlie
Brucia’s abduction. “As I watched [the
footage],” says Jessup, “I realized that that could have been anybody, that
could have... >> more
|   OAK RIDGE, Tenn. —
Dallas Jessup, founder of the nonprofit organization, 'Just Yell Fire,' taught girls at Girls Incorporated Tuesday how to defend themselves.
Jessup, a Vanderbilt University student originally from Vancouver, Wash., created the nonprofit to help girls defend themselves against assault and abduction. >> more
|   Eighteen-year-old Dallas Jessup has grown a community service project into a nonprofit program that has become a global all-girl revolution:
Dallas Jessup is an activist. She fights against sexual predators who attack girls worldwide, and she recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives. “The police can’t be everywhere; parents can’t be everywhere -- girls are having to learn how... >> more
|   Girls Incorporated of Oak Ridge will sponsor the program "Just Yell Fire," presented by founder Dallas Jessup.
Jessup is a student at Vanderbilt University, and she developed this program while in high school after learning that 1 in 4 girls will be sexually assaulted and that there are 114,000 attempted abductions each year in the U.S. She set out to create a home movie to teach her schoolmates... >> more
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At 13 years old, Dallas Jessup, a Martial Arts Black Belt, saw a news clip about a girl who was abducted and murdered. She realized that... >> more
|   Vanderbilt sophomore Dallas Jessup already has a resume that many would envy.
Her high school community service project has grown into a worldwide nonprofit called Just Yell Fire with a message to protect young women against sexual assault, predators and human trafficking. “The Vanderbilt faculty and administration encourage us to live high-impact lives,” Jessup says.
Jessup, a communication... >> more
|   OAK RIDGE, Tenn. —
"Just Yell Fire" has captured the attention and support of the local Girls Incorporated organization, and Girls Inc. representatives are hoping this "Fire" will spread across the city next Tuesday through Thursday.
"Dallas Jessup is the founder of Just Yell Fire, a nonprofit program committed to helping girls defend themselves," Girls Inc.'s officials explain in a news... >> more
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