“I will sing of steadfast love and justice. To you, O Lord, I will sing praise.” – Psalm 101:1

LySaundra Campbell is a storyteller, writer, and editor. She is the founder of Social Soundtrack LLC, a company dedicated to community-building, storytelling, and healing across the African Diaspora through creative art and cultural expression. Before launching Social Soundtrack, she worked in the nonprofit sector for a decade at the collegiate, local, state and national levels to address gender-based violence. While experiencing burnout she sought to develop solutions that combined her faith and passion for creative arts with social advocacy.

"When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else." - Toni Morrison

She studied sociology and music at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Previously, she worked with the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, Bridges Domestic Violence Center, True North of Columbia, and the MU Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Center.

Her words are on platforms like The Washington Post. Shondaland, Rewire News, Sojourners, The Crisis Magazine, The Witness Black Christian Collective, 21Ninety, The New Territory Magazine, Elite Daily, Blavity, and more.

When she isn't advocating for social and political liberation, you can find her with friends, playing or listening to music, curled up with a book, or fangirling over Issa Rae.