Janice Hayes Kyser is a biracial woman who grew up with a front-row view of race relations. Born to a Black Alabaman father and to a White British mother, she saw firsthand how her mother’s White allyship educated others in the 60s and how her father was not treated as an equal in both the air force and in life in general.
Janice adopted a Black son from the foster care system when he was just three years old. She became a mental health advocate when dealing with her son’s PTSD and his special education needs by using her knowledgeable and compassionate voice to get involved on boards and in establishments that were often White-only.
Words are Janice’s passion and her saving grace. She’s an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in USA Today, The Detroit News, The Seattle Times, and Essence Magazine, among many others. Janice has conducted media relations, speech writing, and reputation management for several Fortune 100 companies. Currently, Janice is a freelance journalist based in Las Vegas where she writes about a variety of topics including social justice, race, health, and adoption.
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Rachel, I enjoyed your interview with Janice Hayes Kyser. Such a soothing conversation. With a lot of insight on many topics! Continue to help build a bridge! Thanks so much!
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I find Janice Hayes Kyser’s topics to very interesting and informative, as well as motivating.
The views and information is so on point. As a retired teacher, crisis intervention specialist and child advocate. I am pleased to know that there is someone out there who is passionately inspiring others to wake up, and get involved in whatever way possible to help make life better for Black people, and all people in need of recognition as being worthy of the rights to human dignity and justice!