On September 26, alum Mimi E. Kim (PhD, 2014) was announced as a 2023 Freedom Scholar by the Marguerite Casey Foundation:
SEATTLE — Today, Marguerite Casey Foundation announced the 2023 Freedom Scholars, six progressive academics who are leading research and engaging in movement organizing that advances racial and economic justice. Now in its fourth year, the Freedom Scholars initiative provides a one-time, unrestricted award of $250,000 to each honoree to advance their work.
“The 2023 Freedom Scholars are at the forefront of teaching, researching, and writing about shifting the balance of power in society,” Marguerite Casey Foundation president and CEO Dr. Carmen Rojas said. “Marguerite Casey Foundation’s Freedom Scholars award is committed to providing social and economic justice scholars room to deepen their relationship with movement leaders fighting for a multiracial democracy and just economy.”
About Mimi E. Kim, PhD: Mimi E. Kim is an associate professor of social work at California State University, Long Beach, and a longtime activist and engaged scholar at the intersections of racial and gender justice, abolition, and social movements. Kim’s work investigates the historical development of carceral feminism and the persisting phenomenon she calls the carceral creep. Her scholarship also chronicles and analyzes the evolution of abolition feminism through the lens of transformative and restorative justice. She is a collaborative creator of the Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence and companion workbook and is currently coediting a forthcoming book on abolition and social work.
Hear and read more about Kim's work here.