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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PRECIOUS: Los Angeles, U.S.
Precious, one of our L.A. based GlobalGirl Media reporters, worries about how the Corona crisis is effecting unhoused and incarcerated people, so she (safely) takes to the streets to find out.
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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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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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YOUNG, WOKE AND FREE: LILA
In the first episode of our new series “Young, Woke, & Free” GGM L.A. reporters get out into the streets and meet Black Lives Matter protestor Lila who shares what inspires and motivates her activism.
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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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ZOOM UNIVERSITY
GGM Los Angeles reporters investigate how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted their education, and how online classes, school administrators, students, and teachers are coping.
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HIYAB: LOS ANGELES
Taking part in the nationwide racial justice protests against police brutality, violence and murder, Hiyab shares how difficult this moment in history is for young black women. “Their leadership has given me hope, has given me healing.” -
CONTRA: Los Angeles, U.S.
Contra turns 21 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and even though she doesn’t get to celebrate as planned, she shares how spending her teen years battling serious depression actually prepared her well for the disappointment, anxiety, and isolation of lockdown. A courageous share, she blows out her candles facing a still uncertain future, like so many millennials.
