JORDAN BAYLON
2SLGBTQIA+, Anti-Racism, Arts-Based, Community, EDIA, Equity Audits & Needs Assessments, Facilitation
Jordan Baylon (they/she/he) is a second generation PilipinX artist, critic and community worker imagining justice and abundance for equity-deserving peoples within the spaces of all our relations: personal, communal and societal. As an artist, Jordan’s explores queer and racialized identities as liminal spaces: both and neither; between, across and through; both inside and outside; and both literal and imagined. Jordan’s community practice leverages a decade of experience in the non-profit arts and culture sectors, where they developed their critical lens around equity, anti-racism and systems change. After many years navigating institutions, Jordan now devotes their interest and attention to working at grassroots alongside equity-deserving individuals and communities. Recent work:
+ The City of Calgary – Indigenous and Anti-Racist Equity Analysis of Calgary Granting Programs (with Thulasy Lettner, Tapisa Kilabuk, Kinya Baker, Erin MacFarlane).
+ Calgary Arts Development – EDIA Audit (with JD Derbyshire & Steve Williams).
+ The Calgary Foundation – Racial Equity Audit (with Thulasy Lettner, Kinya Baker, Evans Yellow Old Woman, Erin MacFarlane).