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Please explain <br />measures taken by <br />your organization to <br />mitigate the spread <br />of COVID-19. <br />Hidden Voices began pausing ev ents in late Jan./early Feb. 2020, as <br />sev eral HV project artists on the west coast were in settings already <br />approaching lockdown. W e shifted to v irtual meetings and attempted <br />some v irtual workshops with musicians and singers for A GOOD <br />BOY, our music theater piece sharing stories from family members of <br />death row. (A 2021 National Music Theater Conference semi-finalist). <br />W hen we engaged artists for another in-person workshop this past <br />May, we decided to eliminate the closing work-in-progress <br />presentation (typically a fundraising opp). The dev elopment team, <br />musicians, and performers were all masked. W e had supplied the <br />performers with masks that had mics, but ev en with professional <br />artists singing and speaking, the words were too difficult for anyone <br />without a script to understand. W e're currently exploring the best way <br />to record the completed songs for submission to additional <br />production opportunities. W e attempted recordings ov er the winter of <br />2020-21 but with the singers and musicians in separate studios, the <br />latency issues were too glitchy and the syncing problematic. <br />Hidden Voices added a v irtual component to W eAreHere, our project <br />focusing on ending sexual v iolence by adding a v irtual Visionary <br />Leadership Cohort of students. W e hav e shifted some book <br />presentations to v irtual formats and are activ ely pursuing <br />partnerships with Orange Co. <br />W e began working twice weekly with our social team to design and <br />dev elop thought-prov oking educational material and mind-opening <br />stories to share daily as a way to continue to connect communities <br />across difference. W e began plans to digitize past projects and <br />current exhibits for the Hidden Voices archiv e so other organizations <br />and students engaging work around social issues will be able to <br />access and utilize these resources. <br />COVID-19 IMPACT <br />DATA <br />This data is for the OCAC's informational purposes only and may or <br />may not be applicable to your organization depending on your <br />structure. <br />Number of Staff <br />Eliminated since <br />March 15, 2020 <br />2PT <br />Number of Staff <br />Positions <br />Furloughed/Hours <br />Reduced since <br />March 15, 2020 <br />1FT, 2PT <br />Number of Public <br />Events Cancelled <br />since March 15, <br />2020 <br />15 <br />Total Lost <br />Attendance since <br />March 15, 2020 <br />1500 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 27B8BEB3-EB74-405B-9C6B-C68CD6BEEA8F