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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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.
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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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CODE RED
A playful look at the stigma girls face around their periods. What’s that costume? A giant vulva?
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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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CODE RED
A playful look at the stigma girls face around their periods. What’s that costume? A giant vulva?
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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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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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OUR BODIES ARE ON THE LINE
Global Girl Media Los Angeles produced a 2-part video series called WHY VOTE?
canvasing BIPOC young women in the Los Angeles area about the issues that matter to them.
One of them was reproductive rights. Posting this post-election, now more than ever
these young women need and want to be protected and heard. Real news matters.
