The pandemic threw us many challenges, just as it did to everyone in the industry.

Our foremost concern was for the freelancers, artists and creatives we worked with; their incomes fell off a cliff.

What impact did our activity make?

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We provided paid work for 70 freelancers

We did this by:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz">engaging with 9 Black key workers to tell their stories through Tales From the Front Line
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#TalesFromTheFrontLine received more than 5000 views; 80% of views came from people aged 25 to 34, of which 60% were UK based - http://www.talawa.com/productions/tales-from-the-front-line/

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We enhanced our Unconscious Bias, Anti-Racism and Diversity training, and employed 19 freelance facilitators to help us deliver it.

Our Anti-Racism and Unconscious Bias Training: http://www.talawa.com/training/ 

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz">We digitally delivered 57 Anti-Racism and Unconscious Bias training sessions for 10 organisations and 766 participants
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Our training: http://www.talawa.com/training/ 

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We didn& #39;t stop there

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖤" title="Schwarzes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes Herz">We read more than 180 scripts and shared more than 260 opportunities via MAKE Online - http://talawamake.com"> http://talawamake.com 

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Of course, there was much more. Read all about the impact Talawa has made through the pandemic.

Access the full report: http://www.talawa.com/articles/talawas-impact-2020-2021/">https://www.talawa.com/articles/... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Symbol für eine Kollision" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für eine Kollision">

"Melickle, but me Talawa"

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