Katonya Hart

Ms. Katonya Hart came to Charleston, West Virginia, by way of the Charleston Job Corps Center. She is an advocate for furthering art and education. She forms partnerships that seek to support art, education, economic justice, individuals, community, and spiritual growth through positive empowerment. She believes there is power when two or three gather together in unity to create collaborative and cooperative works.

Katonya is a state leader of the NAACP and has been elected to the National Board of NOW (the National Organization for Women). She is a Regional Representative on the WV Women's Commission and was co-founder of Black Policy Day at WV's statehouse, also participating as an artist and conversationalist in Listening for Racial Understanding, an art and recording project traveling the state. Through these groups and others, she has coordinated and/or participated in events aimed at out-reach and education. Her advocacy addresses issues in the community at many levels. Her art takes the form of theater, wearable art, and the written word. She has acted in, written, supported, and organized numerous theater and poetry events in her community.  

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