Mimi E. Kim
Curriculum Vitae
School of Social Work
California State University Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard, SSPA 137
Long Beach, CA 90840-4602
[email protected]
Education:
University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, Ph.D., 2014
New York University, School of Social Work, 2001-2003; M.S.W., 2003
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Graduate Studies, Sociology, 1984-1987
Stanford University, Graduate Studies, Economics, 1983-1984
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, B.S., Economics, 1983
Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
California State University Long Beach
August 2014-present
Publications:
Journal Articles
Kim, M. (submitted for review). From carceral feminism to transformative justice: Women of color
feminism and alternatives to incarceration.
Kim, M. (2015). Dancing the carceral creep: The anti-domestic violence movement and the
paradoxical pursuit of criminalization, 1973 - 1986. UC Berkeley: Institute for the Study of
Societal Issues. Retrieved from: http://eprints.cdlib.org/uc/item/804227k6.
Kim, M., Baliga, S., Bierria, A., and Coker, D. (2015). Harms of criminalization and promising
alternatives. Plenary 3. Transcript. University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review, 5(2), 369381.
Kim, M. (2014). The mainstreaming of the criminalization critique: Reflections on VAWA 20 years
later. CUNY Law Journal. VAWA @ 20. Online publication.
Kim, M. (2013). Challenging the pursuit of criminalization in an era of mass incarceration: The
limitations of social work responses to domestic violence in the U.S. British Journal of Social Work.
43(7): 1276-1293.
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Kim, M. (2012). Moving beyond critique: Creative Interventions and reconstructions of community
accountability. Social Justice, 37(4), 14-35.
Bierria, A., Kim, M. and Rojas, C. (2012). Introduction. Community accountability: Emerging
movements to transform violence. Social Justice, 37(4), 1-11.
Kim, M. (2010). Alternative visions. Standpunkt Soczial, 1, 32-36.
Kim, M. (2009). The political economy of immigration and the emergence of transnationalism.
Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 19(6), 675- 689.
Kim, M. (2006). Alternative interventions to violence: Creative Interventions, The International
Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 2006(4), 45-52.
Reprint in A. Yuen and C. White (Eds.), (2007). Conversations about gender, culture, violence &
narrative practice (pp. 31-42). Adelaide: Dulwich Centre Publications.
Book Chapters:
Gallo, C. and Kim, M. (submitted for review). Crime policy and welfare policy. In M. Tonry (Ed.),
Oxford Handbook on Crime and Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kim, M. and Rhee-Menzie, A. (2015). Models of collaboration between community service agencies
and faith-based institutions. In Johnson, A. (Ed.), Religion and men's violence against women (pp. 431442). New York: Springer.
Kim, M., Masaki, B. and Mehrotra, G. (2010). A lily out of the mud: Domestic violence in Asian &
Pacific Islander communities. In L. Lockhard & F. Danis (Eds.), Domestic violence: Intersectionality
and culturally competent practice (pp. 100-126). New York: Columbia University Press.
Kim, M. (2010). Alternative interventions to intimate violence: Defining political and pragmatic
challenges. In Ptacek, J. (Ed.), Restorative justice and violence against women (pp. 193-217). New York:
Oxford University Press.
Kim, M. (2010). Alternative interventions to violence: Creative interventions. In G. Kirk & M.
Okazawa-Rey (Eds.), Women’s lives: Multicultural perspectives (pp. 291-296). New York: McGraw
Hill. Reprint of Alternative interventions to violence: Creative Interventions, The International
Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 2006(4), 45-52.
Pennell, J. and Kim, M. (2010). Opening conversations across cultural, gender, and generational
divides: Family and community engagement to stop violence against women and children. In
Ptacek, J. (Ed.), Restorative justice and violence against women (pp. 294-319). New York: Oxford
University Press.
Edited Journals:
Bierria, A., Kim, M., and Rojas, C., (Eds.). (2012). Special Issue. Community accountability:
Emerging movements to transform violence. Social Justice 37(4).
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Manuscripts/Reports:
Kim, M. (2013). Moving forward with integrity: Asian Women’s Shelter’s transition from a founding Executive
Director. San Francisco: Asian Women’s Shelter. Sponsored by Blue Shield against Violence.
Kim, M. (2005). The community engagement continuum: Outreach, mobilization, organizing, and
accountability to address violence against women in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. San
Francisco: Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence.
Kim, M. (2002). Innovative strategies to address domestic violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities:
Examining themes, models and interventions. San Francisco: Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on
Domestic Violence.
Chung, C., Kim, M. and Masaki, B. (1999). The Multilingual Access Model: A model for outreach and
services in non-English speaking communities. Philadelphia, PA: National Resource Center on Domestic
Violence.
Awards and Fellowships:
Academic Awards and Fellowships:
Center for Research on Social Change Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley,
2012-2014
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship. University of California, Berkeley, 2011-2012
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Dissertation
Grant, 2011-2012
University of California Center for New Racial Studies Graduate Student Research Grant, 2011-2012
Berkeley Legal Empirical Studies Fellowship, 2010-2011
Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, June 10 - 14, 2010. Best Abstract
Award (Practitioner)
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) – Pre-Dissertation Summer Research Fellowship
(Contentious Politics), 2010
University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare Fellowship, 2009-2011
Chancellor’s Fellowship. University of California, Berkeley, 2007-2009
New York University Social Work Fellowship. New York University, 2001-2003
Demography Fellowship. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Sociology, 1984
Stanford University Graduate Fellowship. Stanford University, 1983
Project Grant Awards (selected):
Office on Violence against Women, Department of Justice, Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific
Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking
Program for “Asian & Pacific Islander Culturally Competent Services.” Grant written on behalf
of Korean Community Center of the East Bay. 2-year, 2012-2014. $300,000. Consultant.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Evaluating What Works for “Korean Faith-Based Organizing
Project.” Grant written on behalf of Korean Community Center of the East Bay. 2-year, 20092011. $175,000. Consultant.
The California Endowment, “Creative Interventions: StoryTelling & Organizing Project.” Grant
written and administered on behalf of Creative Interventions. 2-year, 2008-2010. $200,000.
Executive Director.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Vulnerable Populations, Fresh Ideas Grant for “CommunityBased Interventions Project.” Grant written and administered on behalf of Creative
Interventions. 3-year, 2006-2009. $300,000. Executive Director.
Office on Violence against Women, Department of Justice, Technical Assistance Grant for “Asian
& Pacific Islander Whole Family Responses to Domestic Violence.” Grant written on behalf of
Korean Community Center of the East Bay. 2-year, 2004-2006, $250,000; 2007-2009, $225,000.
Consultant.
Other Awards and Fellowships:
Echoing Green Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship, 2004-2006
Community Service Awards:
Foundations for Change, Thomas I. Yamashita Prize, Honorable Mention, UC Berkeley, 2014
Community Service Award, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, Oakland, CA, 2006
Community Hero Award, KQED Public Broadcasting Service, San Francisco, 2000
Korean Domestic Violence Special Recognition Award, Korean American Family Center, Los
Angeles, 2000
Research:
Strengthening Social Network Responses to Domestic Violence. California State University, Long Beach with
Social Action Partners via Blue Shield Foundation of California. Implementation &
Dissemination research on social network intervention innovations among domestic violence
service providers in California. 2015 to present.
Graduate Student Researcher, Center for Social Science Research, University of California, Berkeley,
2010-2011. Collected and analyzed California statewide data on foster care agencies and youth.
Courses Taught:
Applied Social Work Project, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach
(SW698C), 2015
Foundations of Macro Practice, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach (SW592),
2015
Thesis Advising, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach (SW698A), 2014
Foundation Social Policy, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach (SW505),
2014
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Immigrants: Identity, Conflict and Adaptation, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
(SW174), Summer 2013
Teaching Assistant, Seminar on Social Welfare Research, School of Social Welfare, University of
California, Berkeley (SW282A/B), 2012-2013
Teaching Assistant, Social Work Practice, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
(SW114), 2009-2010
Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Sociologists, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin,
Madison; Statistics for Sociologists, 1986-1987
Journal Reviewer:
British Journal of Social Work
Journal of Family Issues
Violence Against Women
Other Academic Service:
Regional/National:
Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Social Issues, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-present
Advisory participant, The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College’s Community
Organizing, Planning and Development Reimagining Symposium, Hunter College, The
Silberman School of Social Work. New York, NY. April 30 – May 1, 2015.
University-Level:
Asian American Student’s Association faculty lead, School of Social Work, California State
University, Long Beach, 2015
Strategic Planning Committee, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach,
2014-present
Applied Social Work Research (Capstone) Curriculum Committee, School of Social Work, California
State University, Long Beach, 2014-2015
Conference Planner, Race, Domestic and Sexual Violence: From the Prison Nation to Community Resistance,
February 28-March 1, 2013. Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley and
the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, University of California, Berkeley, School of
Law. Co-initiator and planning committee member.
Convener, Community Interventions Working Group, School of Social Welfare, University of
California, Berkeley, 2008-2010. Organized and coordinated special graduate seminar on
community interventions.
Committee member. Center for Prevention Research in Social Welfare. Participate in peer-led
discussions of contemporary prevention research issues. 2012 – 2014.
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Additional Training (selected):
Restorative Justice Peacemaking Circles. Oakland, CA. November 30-December 2, 2015.
Graduate student workshop on social movement and social change. Law & Society Association. May
28-29, 2013. Competitive selection.
Junior Colleague on issues of implementation and dissemination. Seattle Implementation Research
Collaborative. May 16-17, 2013. Competitive selection.
Victim Offender Dialogue for Victims of Severe Crimes. Oakland, CA. March 16-17, 2013.
Summer Institute on Community Based Participatory Research for Health Equity. University of
California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. August 8-12, 2011.
Controversies and Issues in Mixed Methods Research. International Qualitative Inquiry Congress.
June 3, 2011.
SSRC Pre-Dissertation Workshop on Contentious Politics. Social Science Research Council. June 26 and September 16-19, 2010. Competitive selection.
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Survey
Research Center, Institute for Social Research. July 7-11, 2008.
Summer Evaluation Workshops in Theory-Driven Evaluation, Qualitative Evaluation and
Empowerment Evaluation. Claremont Graduate University, School of Behavioral and
Organizational Sciences. Summers 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Somatics and Trauma (now Generative Somatics). Year-long somatic therapy training (2 years). 2006
and 2007.
Special Intensive on Working with Violence: Narrative Possibilities. Dulwich Centre, Adelaide,
Australia. September 11-15, 2006.
Advanced Oral History Summer Institute. University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History
Office, Bancroft Library. August 14-18, 2006.
Professional/Clinical Practice Experience:
Consultant. 2001-present. Research, writing and training on community engagement and
organizing, Asian & Pacific Islander domestic violence advocacy and policy, community-based
violence intervention alternatives to criminalization; evaluation of community-based
programming related to domestic and sexual violence; program and organizational development;
leadership and organizational transition; grant writing and fund development including federal,
state, local and foundation grants. Clients include Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on GenderBased Violence (formerly Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence), Asian
Women’s Shelter, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, Marin Abused Women’s Services,
National Asian and Pacific Islander Association against Sexual Violence, National Korean
American Service & Education Consortium; Northwest Network of Bisexual, Transgender,
Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse; National Network to End Domestic Violence; Praxis
International.
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Founder and Board Member, TORCH, Training and Organizing Resources for Community Health,
Oakland, CA, 2012-present. Founder of a center promoting community organizing and capacity
building models, tools and approaches to community health through technical assistance,
training, piloting of innovative programs and research. Primary issue focus is on domestic
violence, sexual assault and community conflict. Priority communities are communities of color
including immigrant and LGBTQ communities.
Founder and Executive Director, Creative Interventions. Oakland, CA, 2004-2012. Founder and
Executive Director of resource center developing, piloting, documenting and publicly
disseminating innovative social network and community-based interventions to domestic
violence, sexual assault and other forms of interpersonal violence. Projects include CommunityBased Interventions Project and StoryTelling & Organizing Project. Responsible for all aspects of
program development, management, staff supervision (3 staff), policy advocacy, collaboration
and networking, publicity, financial management of $200,000 annual budget, fund development
and administration for non-profit organization. Priority communities are communities of color
including immigrant and LGBTQ communities.
Social Work Intern. Astor Child Guidance Center. Bronx, NY. 2002-2003. Provided individual and
family counseling for children, ages 4 to 12, and their families.
Social Work Intern. Beth Israel Hospital, Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Unit. New York, NY. 20012002. Provided individual and group counseling for adults with histories of substance abuse in a
28-day hospital rehabilitation setting.
Co-Founder and Consultant. Shimtuh: Korean Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program, a program
of Korean Community Center of the East Bay, Oakland, CA. 2000-2012. Co-founded and
provided ongoing program development and fund development consultation to the only Korean
domestic violence and sexual assault program in Northern California.
Project Coordinator, Multilingual Access Model. Asian Women’s Shelter. San Francisco, CA. 19962001. Developed and coordinated multilingual access program for Asian domestic violence
shelter including program development; recruitment, management and supervision of 40 on-call
advocates; development and implementation of 70 hour domestic violence and language
interpretation training; national technical assistance on multilingual access; co-authorship of
nationally distributed multilingual access manual. Coordinated multilingual crisis line. Provided
crisis intervention for survivors of domestic violence. Authored various informational pamphlets
and manuals, training materials, needs assessment, and program evaluation.
Assistant to the Director. Asian Women’s Shelter. San Francisco, CA. 1991-1996. Coordinated
financial and administrative activities of Asian domestic violence shelter including budget,
financial management and grants management for $800,000 agency; developed personnel and
program policies; coordinated private fundraising. Coordinated community education. Provided
crisis intervention for survivors of domestic violence.
Co-Founder. Korean American Women in Need (KAN-WIN), Chicago, IL.1989-1990. Co-founder of
Korean language hotline and domestic violence advocacy center.
Community Educator/Counselor. Edgewater Uptown Community Mental Health Center, Rape Victim
Services Program. Chicago, IL. 1988-1990. Provided community education on sexual assault
awareness and prevention for Asian and broader communities. Co-founded Korean domestic
violence and sexual assault hotline, Korean American Women in Need (KAN-WIN). Provided
individual and group counseling for adult victims of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
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Presentations (selected):
Conferences:
Antiviolence Movements in the Shadow of the Carceral State. Roundtable discussant. Law & Society
Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. May 28-31, 2015.
Silence, Anxiety and Repressed Racial Narratives in Formative Feminist Anti-Violence Movements. Paper
presentation. Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. May 28-31, 2015.
Dancing the Carceral Creep: The Anti-Domestic Violence Movement and the Paradoxical Pursuit of
Criminalization. Roundtable presentation. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San
Francisco, CA, August 16-19, 2014.
Creative Interventions: Bridging the Gap Between Restorative Justice and Grassroots Community Interventions
Addressing Domestic Violence. Workshop presentation. Restorative Justice, Responsive Regulation &
Complex Problems. University of Vermont, Burlington, CT. July 15-18, 2014.
The Construction of Carceral Feminism: Racialized Discourses and Silences in the Anti-Domestic Violence
Movement, 1973-1986. Paper presentation. Law & Society Association Annual Meeting.
Minneapolis, MN, May 29-June 1, 2014.
Abolitionist Futures, Community Accountability & Emerging Movements to Transform Violence. Panelist.
National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference. Mills College, Oakland, CA. April 3-5, 2014.
Alternatives to Criminal Justice Strategies. Plenary speaker. Converge: Reimagining the Movement to End
Gender Violence. University of Miami School of Law, Miami, FL. February 7-8, 2014.
The Anti-Domestic Violence Social Movement and Its Paradoxical Pursuit of Criminalization, 1973-1986.
Symposium presentation. Symposium on “Social Work, Social Justice and the Challenge of
Criminalization” (Symposium organizer). Society for Social Work and Research Annual
Conference. San Antonio, TX. January 15-19, 2014.
Carceral Logics, Anti-Violence Politics, and Abolitionist Practices. Panelist. American Studies Association
Annual Meeting, November 21-24, 2013.
Abolitionist Futures, Community Accountability & Emerging Movements to Transform Violence. Roundtable
presentation. Critical Ethnic Studies Association Conference. Chicago, IL. September 19-21,
2013.
Building Community Capacity within Immigrant Communities: Identifying and Engaging Multiple Stakeholders in
Intimate Partner Violence Prevention. Symposium presentation. Society for Social Work and Research
Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. January 16-20, 2013.
Abolitionist Futures, Community Accountabilities, & Emerging Movements to Transform Violence. Roundtable
presentation. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference. Oakland, CA,
November 8-11, 2012.
Social Network Interventions to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Pilot Study Results and Policy
Implications. Paper presentation. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference.
Washington, D.C. January 11-15, 2012.
Prevention of Domestic Violence in Immigrant Faith-Based Communities: The Multiple Dimensions of a Culturally
Competent Model. Poster presentation. American Public Health Association Conference.
Washington, D.C. October 29-November 2, 2011.
Author Meets Reader: Restorative Justice and Violence against Women, edited by James Ptacek (November 2009).
Author. The 2011 Annual Meeting of Law and Society. San Francisco, CA. June 2-5, 2011.
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The Anti-Violence Movement and Demands for Safety: The Emergence of the Criminalization Strategy. Paper
Presentation. The 2011 Annual Meeting of Law and Society. San Francisco, CA. June 2-5, 2011.
Building Community Capacity in Immigrant Faith-based Communities: How Can We Tell? Paper Presentation.
American Evaluation Association Conference. San Antonio, TX. November 10-13, 2010.
Bringing Popular Education Approaches to Social Work. Skills Workshop Presentation. Council on Social
Work Education Conference. Portland, OR. October 14-17, 2010.
Gender-Based Violence and Criminalization: Transnational Challenges to a Western Dominant Model. Paper
Presentation. Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. Hong Kong.
June 10-14, 2010.
Challenging Gender-Based Violence: Contesting Feminisms across the Korean Diaspora. Paper Presentation.
Asian American Studies Conference. University of Texas, Austin. April 10, 2010.
Challenging Gender-Based Violence: Contesting Feminisms across Communities of Color. Paper Presentation. 4th
Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium. University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.
March 11, 2010.
Creative Interventions: Community Accountability in Communities of Color. Presenter. 4th Annual Critical Race
Studies Symposium. University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. March 11, 2010.
Invited Public Conferences, Presentations and Trainings:
Gender Based Violence. Panel speaker. 10th Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference “Challenging
Inequities: Decolonizing Practices and Social Action.” California State University Northridge.
November 13-14, 2015.
Creative Interventions: Strengthening Social Network Responses to Violence I. Workshop presenter. Los
Angeles, CA. September 24-25, 2015.
Dancing the Carceral Creep: The Feminist Anti-Violence Movement & the Pursuit of Criminalization, 19731986. Presenter. Roundtable on the Impact of Incarceration on Survivors of Violence. Office of
Violence Against Women Roundtable on the Impact of Incarceration and Mandatory Minimums
on Survivors: Exploring the Impact of Criminalizing Policies on African American Women and
Girls. Washington, D.C. September 21-22, 2015.
Creative Interventions: Strengthening Social Network Responses to Violence I. Workshop presenter. Oakland,
CA. July 30-31, 2015.
Creative Interventions: Strengthening Social Network Responses to Violence I. Workshop presenter. Seattle,
WA. June 30-July 1, 2015.
Creative Interventions: Strengthening Social Network Responses to Violence. Webinar presenter. California
Partnership to End Domestic Violence, May 27, 2015.
Gender Violence, State Violence and the Dangers of Carceral Feminism. Keynote presenter. University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, College of Social Work. April 8, 2015.
Transformative Justice and Community Accountability Roundtable. Organizer and presenter. Incite! Color of
Violence Conference 4. Chicago, IL. March 29, 2015.
Gender Violence, State Violence and the Dangers of Carceral Feminism. Keynote presenter. Women’s History
Month Speaker Series. California State University, Fullerton, Department of Women and Gender
Studies. March 20, 2015.
Dancing the Carceral Creep. Keynote presenter. National Learning Circle of the Northwest Network of
Bisexual, Transgender, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse. Seattle, WA. February 25, 2015.
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Engaging Social Networks in Addressing Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in Marginalized Communities and
Expanding Community Capacity. Keynote presenter. Innovations and Best Practices in Domestic and
Sexual Assault Response. Family Justice Center. Pleasant Hill, CA. November 5, 2014.
Perspective on Future Challenges in Our Work. Panel presenter. National Network to End Domestic
Violence Annual Roundtable Events. Portland, OR. October 23-24, 2014.
Leading into the Future. Keynote presenter. Blue Shield Against Violence. Manhattan Beach, CA. April
28-29, 2014.
Creative Interventions Toolkit. Workshop presenter. Transform New York. New York, NY. November
8-9, 2013.
Community-Based Interventions in Violence against Women. Workshop presenter. Advancing Our Advocacy
Roundtable. Praxis International. St. Paul, MN. October 28-29, 2013
Community Accountability/Transformative Justice. Workshop presenter. No One Can Tell Our Story But
Us: A Dialogue on Sexual Violence in Asian Pacific Islander Communities. National Summit of
the National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence. San Diego,
CA. September 17, 2013.
Moving Communities to Action. Plenary organizer and moderator. National Summit of the Asian &
Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence. San Francisco, CA. June 30-July2, 2013.
Shifting Interventions from Direct Services to a Community Accountability Model: The Vision and Practice of
Creative Interventions. Workshop presenter. National Summit of the Asian & Pacific Islander
Institute on Domestic Violence. San Francisco, CA. June 30-July2, 2013.
Community Accountability and Transformative Justice. Presenter. New York, NY. May 11, 2013.
Transformative Justice and Community Accountability. Guest lecturer. Introduction to Feminist Studies,
Stanford University. March 7, 2013.
Contesting Feminisms: The Anti-Domestic Violence Social Movement and the Pursuit of Criminalization, 19731986. Panelist. Race, Domestic and Sexual Violence: From the Prison Nation to Community
Resistance. Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and the Center for Race and Gender,
UC Berkeley. March 1, 2013.
Community Organizing for Social Change: Role of Culture in Promoting Health Restoration and Recovery.
Workshop presenter. Transforming Communities: Defending Childhood Initiative Grantee
Meeting, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention. Washington, D.C. May 15, 2012.
Another Safety. Presenter. This Is How We Do It. A Festival of Dialogues about Another World.
Cooper Union, New York, NY. April 22, 2012.
Life after the PIC. Presenter. Critical Resistance. Oakland, CA. February 15, 2012.
Queer & People of Color Perspectives: Domestic Violence in the 21st Century. Panel presenter. Center for Race
& Gender. Berkeley, CA. October 25, 2011.
The System Is Not Working for Us. Panel presenter. Preventing Violence, Promoting Justice: A Summit.
Sakhi. New York, NY. October 10-11, 2011.
Talking Story about Cultural Interventions. Workshop presenter. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on
Domestic Violence Summit. From Gender Violence to Gender Democracy: What Will It Take?
San Francisco, CA. July 24- 26, 2011.
Moving Beyond Critique: New Social Movement Responses to Gender-Based and State Violence. Presenter.
Forum on Cooptations & Cross-Movement Alliances: Feminist Anti-Violence Organizing & the
Prison Crisis. Center for Race & Gender. University of California, Berkeley. April 8, 2011.
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Injury and Repair in Group Settings. Presenter. On Injury and Repair Conference. Women’s Therapy
Center. Oakland, CA. January 22, 2011.
Preparing Our Communities to Confront Violence: The Continuum of Engagement 2 Years Later. Presenter.
National Coalition against Domestic Violence Conference: Changing Faces of the Movement.
July 31-August 4, 2010.
Responding to and Preventing Violence. Keynote Speaker. International Narrative Therapy Conference.
Toronto, July 7-9, 2010.
Working with Violence: New Directions. Presenter. International Narrative Therapy Conference: PreConference Workshop. Toronto. July 6, 2010.
Story Telling as Organizing. Presenter. Talk Story Gathering. Oahu Domestic Violence Task Force.
Honolulu, HI. June 29, 2010.
Crossing Fault Lines of Family Violence with New Narratives of Community Accountability. Presenter. Families
on the Fault Lines: Re-Imagining Race, Kinship, & Care Conference. Center for Race and
Gender, University of California, Berkeley. April 29-30, 2010.
Story Telling as an Organizing Tool for Survivors. Keynote Presenter. National Audio Conference. Civil
Legal Institute Project. March 9, 2010.
Contesting Feminisms across the Korean Diaspora. Presenter. Gender & Politics in Contemporary South
Korea Workshop. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. August 12-13, 2009.
System Accountability Using Community-Based Responses. Presenter. New Directions for Your Coordinated
Community Responses: Innovations in Theory and Practice. Battered Women’s Justice Project.
Minneapolis, MN. June 22-24, 2009.
Building Towards Community Accountability to End Violence: Continuum of Engagement. Presenter. National
Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Washington, D.C. July 18-23, 2008.
Anti-Violence Workers and Academics Working Together. Presenter. National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence. Washington, D.C. July 18-23, 2008.
The Community Engagement Continuum. Presenter. Summit of the Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on
Domestic Violence. Asian and Pacific Islander Domestic Violence. San Francisco, CA. November
5-7, 2007.
The Community Engagement Continuum. Amokura: Family Violence Consortium. Whangerei, Aotearoa.
September 21, 2006.
Back to the Future: Can We End Violence against Women: A Focus on Community Organizing and Community
Accountability. Keynote. DePaul University. Chicago, IL. February 23, 2006.
The Community Engagement Continuum: Outreach, Mobilization, Organizing, and Accountability to Address
Violence against Women in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities. Presenter. The Color of Violence III:
Stopping the War on Women of Color. Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. New Orleans,
LA. March 11-13, 2005.
Naming the Injustice: Building Accountability within Communities of Color to Prevent and Intervene in Child
Sexual Abuse. Presenter. The Color of Violence III: Stopping the War on Women of Color.
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. New Orleans, LA. March 11-13, 2005.
Restorative Justice. Plenary speaker. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Denver, CO. July
11, 2004.
Safety and Justice for All: Examining the Relationship Between Women’s Anti-Violence Movement in the Criminal
Legal System. Panel speaker. 2004 International Research & Action Conference: Innovations in
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Understanding Violence Against Women. Wellesley Centers for Women. Wellesley, MA. April 25,
2004.
Domestic Violence/Domestic Silence: The Activist Response to Shaming Rituals. Panel speaker. American
Studies Association Annual Meeting. Hartford, CT. October 18, 2003.
The Same But Different: Developing Models to Address Violence Against Women of Color. Presenter. Western
States Center’s Community Strategic Training Initiative. Portland, OR. August 2, 2003.
Multilingual Access Model. Presenter. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence Midwest
Regional Meeting. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. March 23, 2003.
Women of Color and Militarism. Panel speaker. Responding to Violence Colloquium. Barnard College.
New York, NY. October 25, 2002
Innovative Strategies to Address Domestic Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities. Panel speaker.
Summit on Domestic Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities. Asian & Pacific
Islander Institute on Domestic Violence. San Francisco, CA. June 28, 2002.
Family Violence in the Asian Family. Presenter. Different People, Same Problem: Myths and Realities of
Family Violence. Connecticut Department of Social Services, Division of Social Work &
Prevention Services. Groton, CT. April 17, 2002.
Women on the Frontlines. Panel speaker. The Institute for MultiRacial Justice, Shades of Power Festival
2001, San Francisco, CA. January 27, 2001.
Cultural Competency in Domestic Violence Services. Panel speaker. 8th Annual Domestic Violence
Conference. Santa Clara County Domestic Violence Council and the Santa Clara County Board of
Supervisors. San Jose, CA. October 6, 2000.
Challenging the Depoliticization of the Anti-Violence Movement. Panel speaker. The Color of Violence:
Violence Against Women of Color Conference. Incite! Women of Color Against Violence.
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. April 29, 2000.
Strategies for Organizing Responses to Domestic Violence from within Communities of Color. Presenter. Creating
Coalition for Prevention: Domestic Violence Across Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Contexts. San
Jose, CA. March 11, 2000.
Korean Domestic Violence Services. Presenter. Second Annual Asian American Mental Health
Conference. San Francisco Department of Mental Health. San Francisco, CA. August 15, 1998.
Building Bridges: Collaborating Toward Wellness in Asian American Communities. Keynote speaker. Asian
American Community Services. Columbus, OH. December 4, 1998.
Mimi E. Kim, Curriculum Vitae – Page 13
Affiliations:
Professional Leadership and Service:
Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, San Francisco, CA. National Steering Committee;
Intervention and Prevention Committee Co-Chairperson. 1998-present.
Incite! Women and Trans People of Color Against Violence, National. National Conference Organizing
Committee. 2013-present.
Blue Shield Against Violence. National Advisory Group. 2011-present.
Battered Women’s Justice Project. National Steering Committee Member. 2008-2011.
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, National. Founding Member and National Steering Committee.
2000-2004.
Korean Community Center of the East Bay, Oakland, CA. Executive Board Member. 1999-2001.
Just Economics, Berkeley, CA. Economic Justice Trainer. 1999-2001.
Institute for Multiracial Justice, San Francisco, CA. Coordinating Committee Member. 1998-1999.
Professional Membership:
American Sociological Association
American Studies Association
Association for Community Organization and Social Administration
Law and Society Association
Society for Social Work and Research