High school juniors and seniors from across Georgia's 12th Congressional District listened to speeches on leadership and asked questions of adult leaders during the 2016 GA-12 Youth Leadership Summit hosted by Congressman Rick Allen. Allen, the Republican who represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, gave opening and closing remarks at the first-time event, held Thursday in the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center at Georgia Southern University. Allen also launched his re-election campaign this week and made a campaign stop in Statesboro earlier in the morning.