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ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) - A teenager who's on a cross-country crusade to raise awareness about sexual assault brought her message to Albion.
Dallas Jessup originally made a video about self-defense to show 600 students in her school. Monday, her self-defense techniques are spreading wordwide through a program called "Just Yell Fire."
The statistics for sexual assault in the United States is sobering. One in four teenage girls will be the victim of sexual assault, and there are close to...

ALBION–Renowned women’s self-defense expert Dallas Jessup will appear at Albion High School at noon Monday to present her self-defense program.
Jessup, an expert martial artist, will show the audience the five most-dangerous situations teenagers encounter and 10 effective methods of defense.
At 14, Jessup founded Just Yell Fire, a Web site to instruct young girls on how to defend against sexual assault.
Jessup also made a film titled “Just Yell Fire,”...

"Do you think today's teens lack drive or don't care enough about the world around them?" According to Gretchen Carlson of FOX News, "Dallas Jessup will prove you wrong." the list of honors this 18-year-old Nu Omicron (Vanderbilt U) collegian has received for her efforts to change lives is lengthy and impressive. She is a recipient of the Presidents' Youth Service Award, Seventeen Magazine's 2009 Mission Award Winner, Elle Teen Girl Hero - Do Something Winner,...

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...
I'm Dallas Jessup (17) and I'm Calling All Heroes - Age 7 to 24, your country and the world need you.
I used to think I was unique as a kid who created a non- profit which grew into 43 countries. My photo was on Doritos bags, the big screen at Times Square in New York, and I get to hang out with celebrities but it turns out...

Dallas Jessup (18) knows how to change the world. She grew a community service project into the non-profit, Just Yell Fire, which has become a Million Girl Revolution across 42 countries.
As a 13-year-old, black belt martial artist, Dallas learned the frightening statistics that 1 in 4 girls will be sexually assaulted and that there are 114,000 attempted abductions each year in the United States alone.  She set out to create a home movie to teach her schoolmates at...

“Just Yell Fire” is a training program in abduction and rape avoidance that teaches evasive techniques tailored to women and teenage girls. It emphasizes simple, effective, and instinctive getaway strategies using biting, gouging, kicking, and open-handed techniques specifically designed for use by women and young girls attacked by adult males. The program is utilized by police departments, high schools, middle schools, community colleges, women’s shelters, church groups, and other women’s...

Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Golden Globe-nominated Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama, Lost. Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, to a devoutly Protestant family. She is of Irish, Scottish, French, and Italian descent. Her father is an economics teacher, and her mother is a beauty consultant. Lilly also has two sisters. Her youngest sister, Andrea, has been described by...

At face value, it would seem that Dallas Jessup, a freshman at Vanderbilt University, is the archetypal college girl.  She is part of the college debate team, involved with Greek life and likes to spend her free time chilling with her friends and family.  Beneath this seemingly wholesome, unintimidating surface, however, lies a fierce revolutionary. 
Young Ambition
It all started in 2006, when 14-year old Jessup heard the story of Carlie Brucia’s kidnapping,...

Self-defense and Awareness Training Today at 1pm
Huntington Beach Police Department and Golden West College will host self defense and Awareness Training, “JUST YELL FIRE” in response to the sexual assault incident.
Session for Golden West College; Thursday, April 22 at 1:00 pm; Math/Science Room 123
Session for Huntington Beach Police Department; Thursday April 22 at 7:00 pm; Huntington Beach Civic Center; 2000 Main Street, Council Chambers; (Bottom of the bowl...

"Eyes, the ears, and the groin, and if you can't get to those targets, we teach them to bite and this is what can get an 11 year old girl away from a 250 pound man," says co-creator of "Just Yell Fire" Chad Von Dette.
A kidnapping and sexual assault last month on campus prompted these free classes. The attack still has some students... nervous -- especially since the suspect -- the man in this composite sketch -- has not yet been found.
"Definitely more afraid of it happening again...