Kimberly Yim — Blog
My first public speaking event on the issue
I was deeply thankful for the invitation to speak about this issue at my church two weeks ago. What I was most touched by was the desire to make it a community event and how helpful everyone was in making it a successful evening. I was given an hour to speak with an...
Not a very good gift giver this year
I just came back from my second ornament/gift exchange Christmas party this week and realize while driving back home that I have become a lousy gift giver. This year, I pretty much stink at gift giving. In the past years, I have prided myself on a treasure that would...
Bittersweet
Last week I had the opportunity to go to New York City with my mom and my daughter. Our excuse for going was an invitation by a friend, Shayne Moore (check out her book Global Soccer Mom) to attend a World Vision breakfast where Laura Bush was the keynote speaker....
Why I am doing this.
I had a friend ask me why I am doing this. Why I am blogging about modern day slavery. My response to her was because this is what I can do. I don't have a lot of skills or resources or connections to make a huge impact in the fight against slavery like some people...
Real Housewives of OC
This post is where the writing began. Shayne Moore was in town and had been encouraging me to write about what my local group, San Clemente Abolitionist, were doing. I didn’t know how to begin, so Shayne opened my computer and showed me how to start a blog. The San...
Recommended Books
- Refuse To Do Nothing: Find Your Power To Abolish Modern-Day Slavery by Kimberly Yim and Shayne Moore
- The Slave Next Door by Kevin Bales
- Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales
- The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It by Victor Malarek
- Terrify No More by Gary A. Haugen
- A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-Day Slavery by E.Benjamin Skinner
- Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara