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CNN Teen Hero Dallas Jessup (18) will teach Eastern New Mexico girls how to fight back against sexual assault and abduction with her award-winning "Just Yell Fire" Fire program at the Eastern New Mexico University Mainstage Theatre in the University Theatre Center at 6 p.m. on April 9 at 6 p.m.�
The event is free and open to the public.
Following a short presentation by Ms. Jessup on volunteerism (based on her teen activism book), girls will learn how to...

Dallas Jessup is your average teenager. You know, the type that gets behind a global cause by producing an acclaimed independent film and a best-selling book. And, oh, who could forget, testifying in front of the U.S. House of Representatives with an unusual solution to worldwide human trafficking crisis.
Jessup, a Vanderbilt University freshman, captured the worldwide spotlight with her film "Just Yell Fire" and NGO of the same name which focus on empowering teenage...

I Heart Daily often writes about girls who kick ass, but Dallas Jessup, 17, really does kick ass -- literally.
Four years ago, Dallas learned the frightening statistic that that 1 in 4 girls ages 11-19 will be sexually assaulted. In addition, there will be over 100,000 attempted abductions of girls in the US alone -- scary.
The then-13-year-old black belt martial artist set out to make a home video to teach her classmates self-defense moves based on her training in...

When the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission asked Dallas Jessup to testify at a federal hearing about human trafficking on two weeks notice, the Vanderbilt U. freshman said she didn’t hesitate.
“My mom called me and she said, ‘You have this email, do you want to go to D.C. and testify? First check your class schedule ...’ and I’m like ‘I don’t care. Just set me down, reply yes for me and I want to go.’ I knew it was something that would be...

Dangerous situations and dating rights are the topics for a national show at Eastern New Mexico University.
The 6 p.m. April 9 program at the Eastern New Mexico University Theater Center will feature Dallas Jessup teaching young adults how to deal with dangerous situations. The event is free to the public.
“April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and our Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) wanted to find an effective outlet to educate young women in our area,” said Amber...

If I was a sexual predator, I would not want to run into 18-year-old Dallas Jessup in a dark alley late at night. Nor would I want to run into the thousands of teen girls who she has taught�self-defense and street fighting to over the five years. Nor would I have wanted to run into her when she began teaching self-defense, at age 13, when she was already a Tae Kwon Do black belt and had studied Filipino street fighting. That's because Dallas Jessup is one teen girl teaching other ...

On March 25th, 2010, Dallas Jessup testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights.

Freshman Dallas Jessup testified in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, D.C., today.
Jessup, the founder of the non-profit organization Just Yell Fire,� testified at the hearing titled "Human Trafficking: International and National Implications" and spoke about how "young women should be taught to turn the tables on human traffickers."
�The premise is simple � if you make self defense, personal rights awareness and danger avoidance a ...

Young women should be taught to turn the tables on human traffickers, a Vanderbilt University freshman told the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, D.C., in prepared remarks.
Dallas Jessup, 18, founder of the nonprofit Just Yell Fire, was scheduled to testify Thursday, March 25.
The hearing on �Human Trafficking: International and National Implications� was scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 2255 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was...

Eighteen year-old activist and speaker Dallas Jessup will testify before Congress about global human trafficking Thursday March 25. The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission asked her to testify about human trafficking in the United States and around the world.
Jessup, who is a freshman at Vanderbilt University, has worked since she was 13 to empower teenage girls to defend against predators and human traffickers. She has spoken at women’s, nonprofit, and youth events across the...