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For many if not most people, going to college is a positive experience. It’s a place where you’ll learn and experience amazing things, forge lifelong friendships and lasting memories. And we like to focus on those many bright parts of the college experience. But, as with so many things, college has its darker aspects, like campus crime. Unattended dorm rooms get robbed. Students encounter muggers walking home. And young women and men become victims of sexual...

Just Yell Fire, an awareness program aimed at the prevention of rape and sexual assault among women, has recently released a new line of coasters designed to test drinks for the presence of common date rape drugs. The coasters are part of Just Yell Fire’s increased efforts to educate young women about sexual violence and prevent its occurrence.
The program was founded in 2006 by Dallas Jessup, who was horrified by the statistics about sexual violence. At age 13, Jessup created...

Just Yell Fire, a nonprofit combating violence and abuse against girls and young women, expands its million-girl footprint by 154,000 today announcing the launch of its Just Yell Fire: Campus Life safety and self defense program for college women in conjunction with one of America’s leading sororities: Alpha Omicron Pi.
Just Yell Fire, founded by Vanderbilt University senior and Alpha Omicron Pi member Dallas Jessup six years ago, has grown into 66 countries with the unique strategy...

As date rape drugs continue to permeate college campuses and their communities, a new tool has emerged to help young women identify whether their drink has been spiked.
Just Yell Fire, an organization created by Vanderbilt University student Dallas Jessup to combat abuse and violence against young women, is offering a drink coaster that quickly tests for the three common date rape drugs (Rohypnol, Ketamine or GHB) with just a swipe of the liquid.
In the past couple of years, date rape...

The holiday party season is in full swing, bringing together family, friends and co-workers to celebrate the good times had throughout the past 12 months.
But as the calendar fills with social requests, police departments, other law enforcement agencies and crisis centers ask partygoers to remember a darker deed that often goes unnoticed.
Jennifer Spugnardi, the executive director of The Turning Point Rape Crisis Center in Plano, said incidents of non-stranger sexual...

Safety Expert Jenna Watson here with some simple, smart and chique products for your personal protection.
[including Date Rape Test Coasters from justyellfire.com]

Combating Violence against women with the new Just Yell Fire coasters.

“The great thing about Just Yell Fire is we’re able to condense years of martial arts into one hour and give you
those core techniques that will really help you get out of a situation.”
-Dallas Jessup

Surveillance footage of an 11 year old being abducted prompted Dallas Jessup, 13, to start "Just Yell Fire," a nonprofit that teaches girls self-defense skills. Seven years later, Jessup has grown, so has her nonprofit. VOA's Faiza Elmasry reports.