I’m LySaundra Janeé. LySaundra means “liberator” and Janeé means “Jehovah is gracious.” As a storyteller, curator, and creative activist, I live and create in light of those truths every day. I am documenting every moment of life through music, poetry, prose, and an Oxford comma.
I’m the creator of Social Soundtrack, a space where Black lives are dignified, creativity is celebrated, and joy is unapologetic. And I hope that’s exactly how you feel when you engage with my work: dignified, creative, and joyful.
For justice + joy, LySaundra Janeé
LySaundra Janeé is a multidisciplinary storyteller, curator, and the founder of Social Soundtrack, a brand dedicated to community, storytelling, and healing across the African Diaspora through creative art and cultural expression. Before launching Social Soundtrack, she worked in the nonprofit sector for more than a decade at the collegiate, local, state, and national levels at the intersections of racial and gender justice.
LySaundra studied sociology and music at the University of Missouri-Columbia and is trained in the Somatica® Method. She has worked with Prevention Institute, MDM Productions Inc., the National Women’s Law Center, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, state domestic and sexual violence coalitions, and crisis centers.
She was a 2021 Anaphora Arts Writing Residency Fellow and her work can be found in the New York Writers Coalition anthology Common Unity, Rewire News, Sojourners, Chasing Justice, The Witness Black Christian Collective, 21Ninety, The New Territory Magazine, Elite Daily, Blavity, and more.