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Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There's a lot I don't like about the organization, but this is something a love--a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.

May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There's a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won't discount it even though it's riddled with a dark history.

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[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is great, as I understand it from my GS friends girl scouts was basically a glorified cookie sales rep position

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

They had a shitty scout leader. My mother was a scout leader for years for the Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, and she took the positions because she wasn't going to have her kids miss out on camping, archery, fishing, etc. that the scouts are famous for teaching young kids.

I realize that the good scout leaders are few and far between. They have to care about the kids, or it ends up turning into arts and crafts, with a seasonal sales period for cookies or overpriced popcorn.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago

They have to care about the kids and also have the time, capacity, and energy to put into making scouting enjoyable. If they don't have the support of other volunteers it makes it exponentially harder too.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then fix the Girl Scouts...

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

But there's this perfectly good organization already built that the girl scouts was meant to emulate in the first place. Why not just.... Allow girls?

Also, this is the boy scouts of America's decision to make. This is a positive change they can make in their organization. They can't do anything to fix the girl scouts because that's someone else