“16” – Faith Omosefe and ABL – NextGen Health Alliance
Faith performs her poem “16” as a public service announcement for the Mask Initiative launched by the Lawrence collective, including Health Alliance director Jackie Shierembergg, BLTN NextGen Youth Advisory Board co-chair Gladdys Jiminian, the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, and Write to Change.
TEACH LOVE – NextGen-ATL Mays High School Cohort
In their video documentary, TEACH LOVE: Exploring Ways to End Gun Violence in Our Community, youth leaders in the NextGen – ATL Mays Cohort explore ways to understand and end gun violence in their community. Youth leaders worked closely with partners from Atlanta’s Communities Who Know to produce this documentary.
BLTN NextGen – SC Organizes Virtual Protest: Spring 2020
In March of 2020, as the dual pandemics of Covid-19 and police violence against black citizens surged, BLTN NextGen youth in Aiken, SC resolved to take action. Through conversation with their site mentors, they opted to assemble a virtual protest, as networked artists and activists, in order to express their resistance while ensuring safety for themselves and their community members. This video was compiled by NextGen Aiken youth leader, Jamon DuBose.
Hazhó’ó Holne’: Revitalization on the Navajo Nation March 2019
NextGen sites from around the network gathered as guests of Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE) and the Window Rock School District to attend and present workshops celebrating the power of literacy, the arts, and culture
BLTN NextGen Summit: June 2018
Youth and adult leaders from each of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network’s Next Generation Leadership network’s six sites gathered at the Bread Loaf School of English Vermont campus June 28-30, 2018. Mad River Media‘s Ed Dooley captured key moments as attendees reflect on the first year of program activity, and as they look ahead to year two.
Hazhó’ó Holne’ Writing Conference 2018
The writing workshops took place in Window Rock, the capital of the Navajo Nation, in northern Arizona March 16-19, 2018. Writing workshops were run by our youth leaders, Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English faculty, Dine Writers, and traditional storytellers/singers. Youth leaders/writers came from Rosebud Sioux, South Dakota, Sierra Vista, AZ, and Lawrence, MA, and from Bread Loaf Teacher Network NextGen, funded by the Ford Foundation’s Youth Opportunity and Learning Initiative. A film by Ed Dooley and Mad River Media.
BLTN NextGen Launch
This video, produced by Mad River Media, documents the July 12-15, 2017 launch of the network at the Bread Loaf School of English Ripton, VT campus.
NextGen-VT: What’s the Story? The Vermont Young People Social Action Team
Where do You Draw the Line?
We researched the Bushway Veal Plant in Vermont and consider the the philosophical and psychological implications of this case. We would like consumers to make conscious choices about their diet, based on the ethical issues we present. A film and research by Lena Ashooh and Kati Tolgyesi.
Trans-What?
‘Trans-What?’ explores the experiences of transgender and genderqueer students in the Vermont education system as well as how schools can improve the experiences of their transgender and genderqueer students. A film by Eva Rocheleau.
Next-Gen Louisville: What’s the Story?
We Are the Network
The education system falls short in many ways and in many different places. This is why WE do what we do—and WE are the network. A film by Robbie Spencer.
NextGen-Andover Bread Loaf (Lawrence, MA)
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Elevated Thought is Andover Bread Loaf’s closest partner in Lawrence and in much of ABL’s national and international efforts. Elevated Thought works with ABL on many projects, among them ABL documentaries and videos, almost all of which are produced by Elevated Thought. They are deeply involved in Lawrence Next Generation Leadership Network. Many of the same youth who drive ET also drive ABL.
