Food justice is the notion that everyone deserves healthy food and that the benefits and risks associated with food should be shared fairly. Follow the Los Angeles GlobalGirl Media reporters in this five-part webisode series as they explore local issues that relate to food and food justice. In this webisode: A TALE OF TWO FOOD TRUCKS: The Food truck industry in Los Angeles is a huge business, but it is also segregated by geography and income levels. GGM follows two food trucks, one that serves hi-end clientele, and one that is a regular for downtown working residents. This webisode covers the two kinds of food tucks.
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GENTRIFICATION IN KOREATOWN
Several GGM reporters live and grew up in Koreatown, and wanted to both celebrate their neighborhood but also report on how gentrification has changed their lives. This video interviews a local resident activist, a media influencer and longtime K-town business owner to understand this very complex, burning issue of affordable housing, development and cultural change for all Angelenos.
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EVERYWHERE WE GO
A poignant look at what it means to suffer from depression and other mental health issues in the African American or Latino community.
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TEEN PREGNANCY IN LA
Global Girl Reporters interview one young girl about her experience as a teen mom in Los Angeles and explore the differences between reality and media representations of teen pregnancy.
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ACTIVISTA: HOLLY MITCHELL
Profile of the incredible former CA State Senator Holly Mitchell, who recently won a seat on the L.A. County Supervisor in the November 2020 election. This is a big job: each Supervisor represents a little over 2 million people and controls the annual Los Angeles County budget. We talk about some of the groundbreaking things she has already accomplished, as well as what she wants to work on next.
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YOUNG, WOKE AND FREE: NATALIE
In the second episode of our new series “Young, Woke, & Free” GGM LA reporters follow Natalie, who organized a Black Lives Matter protest in Burbank, going up against people in her own family who doubted her. “If you know what you believe in, you know what’s right, and somebody will listen, and that’s enough, to have your voice be heard…”
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GGM Los Angeles EMMY AWARD WINNING documentary short film “Under the Scarf”
One globalgirl from LA tells us what it’s like to move there from Bangladesh and attend school wearing a hijab, as well as her thoughts on immigration.
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GENTRIFICATION IN LEIMERT PARK
GGM reporters set out to understand the historically black, significant and creative neighborhood of Leimert Park in Los Angeles, and how gentrification has changed it’s distinct character recently, by interviewing locals, artists and entrepreneurs who have lived there for years.
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THE LOVE WITHIN
Produced by the GGM LA 2024 class, focused on the Watts Community in South Central Los Angeles. The video asks the question, What is Community? And the answer they find is LOVE…
