In this article, the author highlights the post-election priorities of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF). Leadership is a big priority and the SEF is working with a different notion of leadership that has more to do with collective--as opposed to individual--actions, systemic change, and more focus on the issue of care and empathy. Leadership is one part of a bigger issue that needs attention: the building of infrastructures for progressive ideas and policies. There is not enough progressive infrastructure available. SEF is going to try to build theirs with the resources they can assemble.