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Name: Dallas Jessup
Title: CEO, founder & spokesperson
Organization: Just Yell Fire
Age at Which She First Became an Executive: 14
Current Age: 17
Heather Huhman: What is Just Yell Fire?
Dallas Jessup: Just Yell Fire teaches girls ages 11 to 19 to quite literally fight back against sexual assault...

When I came across this article in my RSS feed, I physically applauded. Dallas Jessup is an 18 year old woman who has created trainings, presentations, and videos about self-defense and empowerment. How did she get involved? The facts spoke to her.
Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help her classmates.
The number of women who are...

On Apr. 9, Dallas Jessup brought "Just Yell Fire", a self-defense presentation for girls of all ages, to Eastern New Mexico University at the University Theatre's main stage.
Jessup saw a video in class about a girl getting raped and was extremely upset by it; as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, she wanted to teach girls how to protect themselves.
Jessup put together a video of 10 self-defense techniques that girls can use to protect themselves. She showed the video to...

The Chelsea King tragedy demonstrates our legal system’s failure to prevent convicted sex offenders from perpetrating the worst kind of crimes imaginable. As a California Deputy Attorney General, I often saw sex offenders released from our state prisons only to claim new victims. It’s painful to acknowledge that our exorbitantly expensive criminal justice system can’t protect the precious lives of young women like 17-year-old Chelsea King. So painful to me, that as the mother...

Dallas Jessup knew she would be helping her classmates at her Portland, Ore., high school when she made a film about self defense.
What she didn't know is that the film would grow into a world-wide non-profit organization now credited for starting a revolution.
The film teaches self-defense techniques. Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help her...

Apr. 8--Dallas Jessup knew she would be helping her classmates at her Portland, Ore., high school when she made a film about self defense.
What she didn't know is that the film would grow into a world-wide non-profit organization now credited for starting a revolution.
The film teaches self-defense techniques. Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help...

Here's a shocking stat for you. One in four girls between the ages of 11 and 19 will be sexually assaulted. Did you know that over 100,000 abductions could be attempted in the U.S. this year? Well, Dallas Jessup (now 17 years old) was just 13 years old when she learned of those mind-boggling numbers and had to do something. A black belt in martial arts, she decided to create a short video teaching her classmates basic self-defense moves. The small class project got support from...

Dallas Jessup knew she would be helping her classmates at her Portland Ore., high school when she made a film about self defense.
What she didn’t know is that the film would grow into a world-wide non-profit organization now credited for starting a revolution.
The film teaches self-defense techniques. Jessup, 18, said when she was 13 she found out that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. As a black belt martial artist, she knew she could help her...

When visiting India in her junior year of high school, Dallas Jessup was surprised to see the way the women were treated. While Jessup and her party got to sit at the table for dinner with the host family they were staying with, the native women were not allowed to sit down with the men and guests, and stood around the table serving the food. �Every time you took a bite they would give you more,� she said in an interview with Global Shift. �Only after everyone else was done they got...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes it just as good a time as any to talk about the work of teen revolutionary Dallas Jessup, 17, whose self defense home video launched an incredible organization called Just Yell Fire.
Not only do you not want to mess with Texas. You also don't want to mess with Dallas!
According to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), a national survey of high school students, approximately 9% of students...