Guest: Jusika Martinez, Air Force spouse
A military spouse and mother shares how her family dealt with the aftermath of her young daughter’s alleged* sexual assault on a military base. The trauma still haunts their family two years later. Jusika also shares the actions she’s taking today so that other military families don’t have to endure the same experiences.
“My key takeaway is that the military didn’t believe us. ... To hear them invalidate it and also just kind of brush it to the side is what really has impacted this whole journey. And I think that that’s my one takeaway is that that is one place that we need to get better at.”
*cases of assault are considered “alleged” until the guilty party is convicted.
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Disruptive Storytelling with Military Changemakers is a bi-weekly podcast presented by Partners in PROMISE, a nonprofit dedicated to Protecting the Rights Of Military children In Special Education (P.R.O.M.I.S.E.). This season of the podcast is sponsored by the Modern Military Association of America with music by Stephen McDonough.
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