JAKIA LINDLEY IS A WRITER, US AIRFORCE STAFF SERGEANT, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATE, CERTIFIED RESILIENCY INSTRUCTOR, WIFE AND MOTHER

JAKIA IS THE AUTHOR OF HER MEMOIR TITLED WAR AT HOME.

THIS BOOK IS JAKIA'S CANDID AND VULNERABLE ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCES AS A WOMAN SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WHERE SHE ENDURED SEXUAL ASSAULT, ABUSE, DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND AS A WOMAN OF COLOR OUTRIGHT RACISM FROM THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER

FOR MANY YEARS JAKIA SUFFERED THE TRAUMAS OF ABUSE ALONE AND IN SILENCE AND HER WARS - AS SHE POWERFULLY COMMUNICATES-WERE NOT IN FOREIGN LANDS- THEY ARE AT HOME

JAKIA RISKS HER PERSONAL SAFETY AND CAREER BY SHARING HER STORY AND LIFE EXPERIENCES FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF COUNTLESS MILITARY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SUFFER IN SILENCE AND WHO HAVE ULTIMATELY BEEN LET DOWN BY A SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM

IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME JAKIA LINDLEY TO OPEN STANCE