No More Victims

No More Victims, Inc., founded in 2002, is a 501(c)(3) 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, 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 starring Jami Gertz. 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 in Houston, TX.

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