Jumping for Joy opened hearts and unified communities | Eyoälha Baker | TEDxEastVan

In this joyful talk, Eyoälha Baker speaks on the power of jumping for joy, and how it unified Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.
Eyoälha Baker is a photographer and muralist. Born on Canada’s West Coast, Eyoälha (Eee-YO-Lah) means the wind in the Kwakwa’ka’wakw (Kwakiutl) language. Traveling and living around the world has given her a great appreciation for cultural differences and human similarities. She has a BFA from Concordia University, a Diploma in Media Resources, and Studied International Business Management. After running a small interior decorating business and helping start up a furnishing rental business, she decided to follow her passion as a photographer. Eyoälha is a passionate advocate for supporting people with barriers in the DTES.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@kauaimuse]

Beautiful Eyoälha!! So nice to see you on this forum; YOU ARE DOING IT. Love and Blessings to you!!! Great Talk!

[@EyoalhaBaker]

Thanks Richard! Our jump hike on Sleeping Giant - Kauai was so fun :)

[@kauaimuse]

So nice to see it all happening; amazing how you stayed, and are staying with it! very important, and valued "work" you are doing! Bless

[@EyoalhaBaker]

[@lindavbrooks]

wonderful, insightful presentation...... congratulations Eyoalha

[@EyoalhaBaker]

Thank you Linda! :)

[@davidblairmusic]

Hey Eyoälha - loved it - thanks so much for sharing your passion and connecting your view of the world with us through your pictures. Community is everything - your contribution has forever changed Vancouver and its effect is felt worldwide! :) Hope to see you in June on the 19th at Studio Records - I will release new music and I will jump for joy on stage! :)

[@EyoalhaBaker]

Thanks for sharing your jumping joy David! :)

[@Hawk33333]

yay! awesome

[@EyoalhaBaker]

Thank you beauty

[@karenchan8713]

Thanks (Asante sana) for inspiring me again. Currently, also a bit hungry (artistically and financially) and about to launch a comic book for boys who have experienced abuse. I miss the DTES, it's sense of community / hope and your wall of photographs. I often explain that there are "slums" in Canada to those here in Nairobi, Kenya, but that they are safe.

[@EyoalhaBaker]

Thank you Karen for your beautiful and heartfelt words... "may photography and art change the world." So happy to hear the Jump for Joy Mural brought beauty to your life. I hope one day to share the joy in Nairobi, Kenya :) If I am able to make it there, I hope you will jump for joy with me! Following you now on insta. Thanks again for your words - keep on sharing your joy and your art!

[@karenchan8713]

Photography & dance are amazing. If I am back I'd love to jump for joy. It is hard here somedays... public art is almost non-existent besides a really cool graffiti movement for peace, non-tribalism called #healthehoods. Yes! I started flamenco dancing again and let's create from different continents. This is my current awareness campaign for boys / men who live with trauma. instagram.com/p/BLt-eMXBjLY/?taken-by=kare4hart Feel free to be involved or follow... and visit!