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MEHRIN: LOS ANGELES, USA
Mehrin’s family immigrated from Bangladesh to the U.S. when she was ten years old. She has worked extremely hard in school, always dreaming of the day her parents would watch her walk across a graduation stage. But what happens when the Corona virus shuts down her high school during her senior year?
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SCOOTER (IN) JUSTICE
One of our GlobalGirls in Los Angeles, Cris gets stopped by a police officer in Glendale on her way to our training. She’s told it’s actually illegal to be riding her scooter here, yet there was no signage anywhere. Besides the profiling and physical violence she experienced, she learned how to overcome her anxiety and report about it with the help of her fellow GlobalGirls! Justicia!
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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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TEEN VAPING: Trend or Life Threatening Crisis?
GlobalGirl Media Los Angeles reporters investigate the surge in vaping and e-cigarettes among American teenagers and the impact on their health.
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ANITA: KOSOVO
Anita shares with wit and bravery her experience of watching her mother go through a scary surgery during the Covid pandemic, and how much family means in these trying times. -
ARTIOLA: KOSOVO
Artiola takes us on a quirky journey through her quiet hometown in Kosovo, playfully musing about the effects of the Corona pandemic, even asking the animals what they think of quarantine…
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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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LULARTA: KOSOVO
Lularta from Kosovo shares her relatively calm COVID-19 experience isolating at home. But when the government of Kosovo collapses, and her mother talks about the lockdown triggering memories of trauma from the war, Lularta wonders: what’s next?
