For the 50th Episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, Dr. Sandie Morgan and Dave Stachowiak interview Kimberly McOwen Yim, co-author of Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery. Similar to the theme of the podcast, they focus on an individual's power to make a difference in modern-day slavery through education, collaboration, and advocacy.
Key Points

Influence doesn't happen instantly, it can take two or three "touches" before someone begins to see that they too can have an impact on modern-day slavery.
Yim suggests one of the best ways to get involved is by examining your own spending habits, your purchases make a difference.
The everyday person can offer their hobbies, skills, and resources to shelters that are transitioning trafficked victims back into everyday society.

Resources

Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery
Kim Yim Website
Abolitionist Mama Blog
45 – War, Conflict, and Human Trafficking

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Transcript
Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. This is episode number 50. This week’s topic Refuse to Do Nothing. Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandie [00:00:29] And my name is Sandie Morgan.

Dave [00:00:32] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. And we are recording our fiftieth episode today, Sandie, and it's a great milestone for the show.

Sandie [00:00:46] Isn't that great? It's like our Golden Show.

Dave [00:00:48] It is our Golden Show, and we have a golden guest today.

Sandie [00:00:51] That's right! She's a California girl.

Dave [00:00:53] There you go.

Sandie [00:00:54] I am so happy to have Kimberly McOwen Yim, who is coauthor with Shayne Moore of the newly released book, Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern Day Slavery. Welcome to our podcast, Ending Human Trafficking, Kim.

Kim [00:01:16] Thank you. Thank you so much for having me.

Sandie [00:01:18] Well, I've known Kim since she started coming to a local task force meeting several years ago. And I remember the first time that she started really being an outspoken advocate. She called herself an abolitionist mama, tell us how that happened, Kim.

Kim [00:01:37] I kind of stumbled upon that name. My co-author, Shayne, was writing a blog called Theology Mama. And I was just starting to do research and going to meetings and trying to figure out my place in this movement and trying to figure out what I could do from my busy kitchen and from being my life as a mom. One of the first things I did was create these postcards on Vistaprint and it had the facts on one side and had a list of 10 things to do on the other side. And I had to name my project for Vistaprint, and I just named it Abolitionist Mama, not knowing that once I purchased those postcards when they came to my mail that that was actually printed on the corner of every postcard. I did not know that the naming that project would actually end up on the product. So, kind of by default, I ended up with all these materials that said abolitionist mama on it, and I just kind of ran with it.

Sandie [00:02:40] Oh, I didn't know that part of the story. I just thought you were just so okay I'm a soccer mom and now I'm going to be an activist.

Kim [00:02:47] Yeah, I don't think I'm quite that clever.

Sandie [00:02:49] So, how old are your kids?

Kim [00:02:51] My oldest is 11 and my youngest is 9.

Sandie [00:02:54] OK, so it's not like you can just take off and become an on the r...