Kimberly Yim — Blog

This blog was originally written for the Price of Life NYC blog and can be also found at http://priceoflifenyc.org/refuse-to-do-nothing/ This is a picture of Angelina and Sarah Grimke. Born thirteen years apart in South Carolina in the 1800s, these sisters became well...

The summertime blues has passed. In combination of long foggy days and coming off a busy season of writing and launching a book, I entered the month of June gloom. I don't often get blue and so I figured it would pass with a few lazy days and some funny movies. But it...

I've got the summer time blues. I should be energized, relaxing with my kids by the pool or at the beach, but I have been dragging my heals to everything these past four weeks. I think part of the problem is due to the dreary summer weather we had and the sinus...

I have a friend named Larry. He is around my father's age and he still lives in the town he grew up in. His hometown, however, is not the quaint town it was when he was a child. It is now crime ridden with stories of violence and corruption occurring regularly. Many...

How Are You Using Your Power? Article I wrote for Fulfill magazine http://myemail.constantcontact.com/How-are-you-using-your-power-.html?soid=1102624391863&aid=5m-cPQxg9vo   I am an abolitionist. Three years ago I would have never said this. I, like my 8...

The average age that a victim is first trafficked for sex in the United States is just 12-14 years old. Traffickers or pimps are masters in manipulation who gain a girls trust before forcing them into commercial sex acts and then keep them compliant through violence...