Eunbi Kim
Eunbi Kim is a concert pianist born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Maryland. At 19 years old, she was working in retail and met an executive at a major tech company who offered her a mentorship opportunity for a scholarship at his company. After a few interactions, she began to increasingly feel uncomfortable with the way he acted at their meetings. Eunbi expressed her boundaries and chose to remove all forms of communication yet he continued to reach out and leave voicemails blaming her for her actions. It even got to the point where he filed complaints to the police that she was the one threatening and harassing him. With the support of her father, they made a report to his company and launched an internal investigation against him. He continued to deny all accusations and shifted the blame onto Eunbi.
While reflecting on what had happened, she realized she should and is allowed to set boundaries freely and have them respected. Eunbi wants people to know that women should not have to be burdened to act a certain way and in order to have change, we need to hold those behaving poorly accountable for their actions.
Resources:
RAINN: https://rainn.org/
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-HOPE(4673)
KAFSC: https://www.kafsc.org/
WOMANKIND: https://www.iamwomankind.org/
Thank you to Asian Women Giving Circle for funding this critical project
Special Thanks To: St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church of NYC LeeHwa Wedding and Hanbok