The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history. The Texas-based organization is announcing at its annual meeting in Florida on Tuesday that it will become Scouting America.

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.

  • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This has already been done to some degree. Not to say that more can’t be done. I don’t think you could ever be too careful in this regard. But for all leaders, there’s enforced youth protection training and requirements now. They have a lot of rules with how scouts out leaders are able to interact. It’s light years ahead of other organizations, like the church, in this regard. For instance, none of the leaders in the group I’m involved in have ever contacted my children on- on-one. I’m always CC’d on all correspondence. At events, buddy systems and other rules take it further.

    Pragmatically speaking, the scouts have an interest in protecting children. More info here: https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/