In this special episode of The College Unbound Podcast, We bring the mics to President Adam Bush's kitchen. The table is full — gumbo simmering on the stove— as Carol Bebelle, co-founder of the Ashe Cultural Arts Center; Adam Bush, College Unbound’s president and co-founder; and Amanda Esons, Dr. Tia Smith; AVP Jose Rodriguez, Chris Dickson, ; Jeremy “Pontbriant; and Wanda Brown join in for a conversation about food, culture, and the roots of College Unbound. The group reflects on how the kitchen table has always been a place of nourishment — for body, mind, and spirit — and how those same values shaped College Unbound’s first New Orleans cohort in 2010. Carol shares stories of that founding moment, when artists and culture bearers came together through learning, collaboration, and care. From sharing meals to building movements, the conversation celebrates the everyday sacred — the power of coming together, listening deeply, and creating something larger than ourselves. As the group reads Joy Harjo’s “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” the message rings clear: education, like a shared meal, begins at the table — in community, in conversation, and in love.
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The Spike Lee film Carol noted is called “When the Levees Broke”.
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Music By Carol Bebelle can be found spotify and wherever you listen to music. The featured song entitled Little pieces, is from her album Akua Medicine Bag.
Poem by Joy Harjo "Perhaps the World ends here"