CataLysT brings together motivated and influential leaders, activists, artists, and historians from across our community to advance the critically important work of the Levine Museum of the New South. This year we are celebrating our catalytic partners because our work is reliant on them and you. For over 30 years, Levine Museum has used history to build stronger, more equitable communities through exhibitions that tell everyone’s story with unflinching honesty, through programs that challenge us to consider the world from different perspectives, and through events that celebrate the region’s rich and dynamic cultural diversity.

As Charlotte changes, Levine Museum is evolving with the city. We are establishing new and ambitious digital and real-time platforms that enable us to use history to build community more effectively beyond the walls of a single facility. This year, we acknowledge those changes by highlighting our important community partnerships, as we continue to foster conversation and inspire positive transformation.

We’ll enjoy a memorable evening, including guest speaker, civil rights activist Touissant Romain, dining, cocktails, community, celebration,  and fun & engaging performances by Andrew Finn Magill, Jah Smalls, JazzArts Charlotte, and The NC Brazilian Arts.

As Levine Museum seeks to reach more people in increasingly exciting and innovative ways through digital projects and community collaborations, we need you to join us and help us build a stronger and more equitable Charlotte.

Toussaint Romain assumed his role as Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy’s Chief Executive Officer in May of 2022. Toussaint’s experience, leadership, and passion for justice will drive the Advocacy Center as it enters a new chapter of impact and growth. 

Before joining the Advocacy Center, Toussaint worked most recently as the Deputy General Counsel for Appalachian State University. Prior to that, Toussaint spent ten years as an Assistant Public Defender in Mecklenburg County. He has led legal trainings and taught courses in Constitutional Law and Mass Incarceration. In addition, Toussaint has served as a national speaker presenting on issues of Leadership, Systemic Racism & Sexism and Criminal Justice Reform. Prior to earning his law degree in 2007, Toussaint worked for federal prosecutors, federal and state judges, large law firms, the National Institute of Justice, and U.S. Senator John Edwards.

“I am excited, yet humbled, to serve as the CEO of Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy,” said Toussaint. “I am passionate about indigent defense and systemic advocacy. I have devoted my life and profession to this type of work and I look forward to joining a team at the Advocacy Center that shares my passion. There is so much that we can accomplish – together. The impact that we will make for our clients while also creating access to upward mobility is invigorating. It will be our legacy and I cannot wait to begin!”

Hannah Hasan is a recipient of the 2021 Hermitage Fellowship and an award-winning, highly acclaimed spoken word poet and storyteller who believes that our stories can set us free. With the themes that center home, social justice, racial justice, womens’ rights, and more. Hannah is often commissioned to write and perform customized powerful poetry and provide speeches and workshops for events, conferences, and meetings. 

Hannah has interviewed hundreds of people throughout the United States, written their stories, and recruited and managed storytellers – who learned these stories and performed them for different storytelling event – that were all created to shed light on some of the most important social issues of our time. 

In addition to her work as a performance artist, Hannah is a skilled event hostess and facilitator. Hannah graduated from North Carolina A&T University with a Bachelor of Arts and Full Sail University with a Master of Fine Arts and she lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband Jamaal.