Karmen is a single-mom trying to balance motherhood, online classes, and parenting a toddler…all while dealing with Covid-19. Her story is relatable for young mothers everywhere.
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RAPE CULTURE
A video produced by our Chicago cohort, looking at the idea of Rape Culture in society.
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GENDER EQUALITY IN CHICAGO
This project was made in collaboration with Global Girl Media-Chicago, The Fund for Women’s Equality, and the ERA Coalition.
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CLASSISM
A look at how class divides, but does it have to? In Chicago, the class divisions couldn’t be more glaring.
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YENIFER; GUATEMALA
Yenifer, a teenager from Guatemala, struggles with the death of her grandmother, who died from lung and heart problems because she wasn’t able to access the public clinic during Covid-19.
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BLACKSTONE BICYCLE WORKS
An innovative bicycle shop that helps low-income youth learn about entrepreneurship in Chicago.
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NAOMI: London, U.K.
Naomi is concerned about her friend Rita who was forced to leave university and return home to a domestic violence situation during the Covid-19 crisis. She investigates the larger question of people’s overall mental health, and in particular the frontline NHS workers, how they may experience ongoing trauma even after the pandemic. -
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. -
YES IT HAPPENS TO US, TOO!!!
Documentary on how youth are effected by sexism in Chicago. Please check out our enterprise article, “Yes! It Happens to Us Too: How the Youth Experience Sexism” at globalgirlmediachi.tumblr.com/
