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Teenagers Produced the Video to Empower Women of All Ages
ABC News
Nearly 60,000 children are abducted by strangers each year. The majority of those are girls, who are also more frequently targeted for sexual attacks.
Now, Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage are taking a shot at stamping out violence against girls by teaching them the tools they need to fight back.
The 15-year-olds have produced a free video, "Just Yell Fire," starring some of television's biggest names,...

New York - WABC
There is a new effort to keep kids safe, and it's the brainchild of two teenage girls.
They've produced a video that teaches girls how to take on an attacker, and now they're getting some star power.
Lori Stokes has a look.
"Just Yell Fire" is a self-defense video that takes aim at predators. It's produced for teenage girls by teenage girls. They say they were inspired after the murder of 11-year-old Carley Bruscia, whose abduction was caught on...

Local businesses sponsor March 14 street fighting self-defense program
With spring break right around the corner, two Sandy business owners are taking action to help protect every one of Sandy High School’s 750 girls.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, all Sandy High girls will learn the street fighting self-defense techniques of the “Just Yell Fire” program, a short-course designed for girls ages 11 to 19. The program has been seen on Fox News, in InTouch...

SANDY -- All of Sandy High School's 750 female students will take a self-defense class Wednesday at the school, courtesy of three Sandy businesses.
The students will learn techniques designed specifically for 11- to 19-year-old girls and women by two St. Mary's Academy students.
Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage, both 15-year-old sophomores at St. Mary's, created the "Just Yell Fire'' program and accompanying DVD to fulfill their community service requirements at the...

Link to The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Vancouver and Seattle students earn $1,000 awards, engraved medallions and trip to nation’s capital
Honors also bestowed on other top youth volunteers in Washington
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OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dallas Jessup, 15, of Vancouver and Alexander Jonlin, 13, of Seattle today were named Washington State's top two youth volunteers for 2007 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a...

Abductions happen nearly 5,000 times in the U.S. every year – and usually in just a matter of seconds.
Link to original video
Target number one for sexual predators are girls between 12 and 17.
But two Portland teens say there's a way to fight back. It all has to do with an instructional video called "Just Yell Fire," made by talented volunteers and distributed free on the Internet and DVD.
And you might be surprised by who's got a starring role.
"We're going...

Central Vancouver: Minnehaha and The Heights
Columbia Way: Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage, sophomores from Portland's St. Mary's Academy who live in Vancouver, were awarded the Community Youth Inspiration Award for Clark County from the Youth House Visionary team. Last year during their freshman year, the young women decided to create a video for other girls about how to escape predators and date rape situations. Titled "Just Yell Fire," the film has been promoted in magazines such as...

Although only sophomores at St. Mary’s Academy, Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage are used to being featured in national magazines and television news and talk shows.
They are creators of the film, Just Yell Fire, which helps girls learn how to escape predators and date rape.
The two were downright proud, though, to earn the Community Youth Inspiration Award from Clark County, Wash.
Last month, the Clark County Youth House Visionary team named Jessup and Wehage their...