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The 'Just Yell Fire' Approach to Self Defense

The 'Just Yell Fire' Approach to Self Defense

- The Prudential Spirit
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Summer 2007, Vol. 4 No. 2
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When Dallas Jessup of Vancouver, Wash. watched a TV news story about a girl who was abducted and later killed, she got an idea.
Dallas, who has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, decided to make a film to teach teenage girls how to fight back against an attacker.
When she did some research, Dallas was surprised and disappointed to learn there was hardly any information for young girls on...

Portland Teens Fight Back

Portland Teens Fight Back

- King 5 Evening Magazine
Abductions happen nearly 5,000 times in the U.S. every year – and usually in just a matter of seconds.
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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...