The South Carolina Next Generation Leadership Network (BLTN NextGen) is a collaboration between Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English (BLSE), Bread Loaf Teaching Network, the Write for Change Foundation, and South Carolina Arts Commission's "Art of Community: South Carolina Rural". The network seriously engages the question: What does it mean to offer robust leadership and learning experiences to youth (ages 15-21) from youth as they prepare themselves for social action in our complex world?