Radical Hope

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 7 a.m.

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In Episode 23 of A Culture of Possibility, Fran\\xe7ois Matarasso and Arlene Goldbard interview Carol Bebelle, cofounder of Ash\\xe9 Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans, about her decades of work for cultural democracy. 

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Carol \\u201chas to her credit a book of original poetry <em>In a Manner of Speaking</em>, and is presented among other New Orleans writers in the Anthology <em>From a Bend in the River</em>, edited by Kalamu ya Salaam. She has several published interviews, testimonies and a chapter in the recently published <em>Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina</em>, edited by Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez\\u201d.

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This makes for a vivid and uplifting conversation that touches on Hurricane Katrina, racial healing, the power of art and culture to root us in heritage and envision a future we want to help bring about. 

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Listen and be inspired!

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