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9/11: What I Find Disturbing MediaActivist 74 views Jay Baker on 9/11 and the value of all human life.
Hoods N Tales MediaActivist 20 views Video for Invizible Circle Education, engaging young people in collaboration with MAP on issues around identity and perception of youth. Shot and edited by Jay Baker with t...
Interview with MK from Invizible Circle (2/2) MediaActivist 5 views Second part of Jay Baker's interview with MK about hip hop: its background, its reputation, and its power to influence positive change worldwide. http://inviziblecircle.nin...
School for Social Entrepreneurs graduation speech MediaActivist 51 views Jay Baker's "controversial" speech at the graduation from the School for Social Entrepreneurs - footage courtesy of Justine Gaubert.
March 26th March for the Alternative MediaActivist 71 views Jay Baker on the March for the Alternative of March 26th and the media coverage of it.
Sheffield Fights Back MediaActivist 671 views Sheffield's build-up of political momentum leading towards the 26th of March demonstration in London - and the police and media angles of it.
Chomsky Allstars - Econopalypse video MediaActivist 90 views Video for Chomsky Allstars track Econopalypse.
Big Society: BS MediaActivist 74 views Jay Baker from his hotel room, on the "Big Society" from the ConDem Coalition.
Why I'm Entering Party Politics MediaActivist 84 views Jay Baker on McCarthyism and why he's entering party politics.
Long Portrait MediaActivist 32 views Jay Baker getting a taste of his own medicine: a full one-minute long portrait.

About Media Activist Jay Baker

Passionate, provocative, and sometimes even polarizing, Jay Baker wears his heart on his sleeve and has spoken publicly at conferences, universities, high schools, and festivals to audiences of thousands. When hes not talking, people are often talking about him anyway. If youd like to receive rates on him speaking at your event, email jaybaker(at)mediaactivist.com

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Jay Baker is a British media activist hailing from the People's Republic of South Yorkshire. He has almost ten years of experience as a professional documentarian, writer, youth worker, social justice campaigner, and social entrepreneur in Britain and North America. Director/producer of the feature-length film Escape from Doncatraz and author of Pissing in the Mainstream, he has utilised his skills and experience in devoting himself to information, dialogue, debate, and democracy at grassroots level, giving a voice to the voiceless -- organising and hosting social justice events such as film festivals and concerts, speaking on vlogs, podcasts, and radio shows, using social media to promote local businesses in his area, and delivering workshops, all with his trademark acerbic wit, warmth, and values.

As a child surrounded by the upheaval of the miners' strikes in tumultuous times for South Yorkshire, and abused by pupils and teachers alike, Jay was pulled from the school system and taught at home by his mother while his father worked 12-hour shifts at the local factory. His creativity nurtured, and with heightened sensitivity towards social justice, his path was set. After quitting his Media degree to travel and gain first-hand experience in the industry, he quickly became its first student actually working in the field, initially for the local government's youth media project then -- when its budget was canceled -- promptly raising his own funds through a community group he set-up to continue the activities with young people. When he went to work in North America for the second time in his career, the committee closed the organisation and transferred assets to their companions by the time he'd returned.

But Baker then founded the groundbreaking "green" media company, SilenceBreakers, a social enterprise that works with partners to re-utilise social media materials for community projects. He is a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, founded by Michael Young -- the man who crafted the Labour Party's 1945 election-winning manifesto for Clement Attlee, the greatest British prime minister in history. It was on a three-day residential with the School for Social Entrepreneurs at Dartington Hall (which Michael Young himself had attended) that Jay had the epiphany for which he credits the vision of SilenceBreakers as it is today. Aside from developing that social enterprise, he remains active as a self-employed freelance media activist.

Other more dubious honours include Baker being featured as a "public enemy" on fascist website Redwatch, having numerous songs written about him, guesting on BBC breakfast radio shows four times, having a "trading card" made of him at one university, and being the subject of a poem as part of The Artist D's book, Like a Goat in a Hail Storm. Jay is currently working on his next film, Return to Doncatraz, set for release in late 2012.

A vegan and a feminist, he is a hopeless romantic with big dreams.

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