GGM Oakland: Street Smarts and College
“Street Smarts Got Me Into College” by Narina Jones, Oakland I live in East Oakland, Calif., a city with constant crime. When I walk to school I need to pay attention to my route so I don’t get caught...
View Article2014 FERGUSON PROTESTS IN OAKLAND
With tensions high across the country regarding charges of racially-biased police brutality, GlobalGirl Media Oakland reporters ventured out in their community to gauge people’s opinions and...
View ArticleMOTHER/MADRE: Women, War and Healing
Interviewed by her daughter Hiyab, Sinai tells the story of her harrowing escape from Eritrea during war, how she was not only fleeing a war but a personal past her own daughter was not aware of.
View ArticleGGM OAKLAND Poetry: Who Do You Feel Love For?
By Lali Wilde JANUARY 17, 2015 my painted pink toes swayed beneath me, hanging from the branch of a cherry tree i’m contemplating the value of vanity– where is the line between self absorbed and...
View ArticleGGM OAKLAND Poetry: D-R-E-A-M_Z
by Derricka Pierson D-R-E-A-M_Z Shielded was I- the one who waited. A humming- song bird in the streets of Miami. Overwhelmed- silence seeps through buildings[smooth sailing yet out- dated]. Most who...
View ArticleAcupuncture for Black Lives Matter
Watch as GGM visits an acupuncture clinic, where they are offering free services for #BlackLivesMatter.
View ArticleHacking for Girls’ Rights and Safe Spaces
GGM Oakland is proud to have produced this video on the IGNITE! #HackGirlsRights Hackathon in partnership with the GlobalFund for Women. The hackathon took place in February in five international...
View ArticleCONCERT FOR JUSTICE AND ERIC GARNER
Oakland Global Girls interview Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner at the Concert of Justice in downtown Oakland, featuring rappers Dizzy Wright, Cassey Veggies and Pell, at the New Parish.
View ArticleYTH CONFERENCE 2015
Watch GGM Oakland Reporters, Lali and Kasie, cover the Youth, Technology and Health Conference in San Francisco.
View ArticleHonoring Mothers
GlobalGirl Oakland, Heyab Tadesse, talks about her mom for a StoryCorps interview during a special community screening of her Mother/Madre film at the California Endowment’s event Breaking the Silence:...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....