No More Victims
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No More Victims, founded in 2002, is a program that helps students and adults alike who have been raped, sexually assaulted, harassed, or beaten. The program had started with former parole officer, Marilyn Gambrell
Marilyn Gambrell
Marilyn Gambrell is a parole officer turned teacher who started the program No More Victims at the M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas. The program was developed to assist children with incarcerated parents, hoping to prevent them from following in their parent's footsteps...

, who became a teacher to help several students who had been sexually harassed, raped, or beaten. in 2005, the story became a made-for-tv movie called Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a 2005 TV film which tells the true story of a former parole officer named Marilyn Gambrell, who helped a group of students at M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas, United States. The students had either been raped, sexually harassed and/or...

 starring Jami Gertz
Jami Gertz
Jami Beth Gertz is an American actress. Gertz is known for her early roles in the films Sixteen Candles, Crossroads, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero, the 1980s TV series Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker, and 1996's Twister, as well as for her role as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing...

. Since the program was founded it has helped over two-thousand high school students to graduate from high school and attend college. This organization was founded at M. B. Smiley High School
M. B. Smiley High School
M.B. Smiley High School was a public secondary school in Houston, Texas, United States. Smiley, which served grades 9 through 12, and was a part of the North Forest Independent School District. M.B. Smiley was featured in the film Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story, which aired on...

in Houston, TX.
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