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The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Dallas Jessup

The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Dallas Jessup

- Pacific Standard
Ten years ago, at the age of 14, Dallas Jessup created a revolutionary self-defense video that has since empowered more than two million young women to fight back against attackers.
Jessup was inspired to make the video after watching security footage of a girl being abducted. Later, the girl was reported to have been assaulted and murdered. With a black belt in Taekwondo, Jessup wondered if the girl could have gotten away had she known basic self-defense techniques. ...

Thirty Under 30: The Bright Young Minds Working to Build a Better Future

Thirty Under 30: The Bright Young Minds Working to Build a Better Future

- Pacific Standard
Millennials are catching a lot of heat these days. The stereotype, in the grand tradition of old people rolling their eyes at young people (and barely worth repeating), is that they’re whiny, entitled, coddled, and distracted.
Except that they’re not. These 30, at least – and many others we know – are clear-minded, self-directed, nobly intentioned, action-oriented, extraordinarily motivated – and crazy bright.
These 30, in fact, stand as symbols of hope...