Boy scouts of america will be renamed "boy scouts of america" Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press CNN The youth organization said that the new name is to help everyone, including boys and girls, feel welcome. Boy scouts of america said that this change will take effect on February 8, 2025, the 115th anniversary of the organization.
Roger A. Krone, President and CEO of boy scouts of america, told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday, "Although this may be a surprise for some of you, it is a straightforward development for us and the next natural step to ensure that all American youth are welcomed and recognized in an organization that aims to serve all Americans."
Krone said that the name change will not change the mission of the organization, that is, to let "young people make ethical and moral choices in their lives" by instilling the Scout oath and the Scout Military Law. American values are boy scout values. "
In 2018, for the first time, girls were able to join the organization's boy scout program for children aged 7 to 10. According to CNN's previous report, the next year, the organization welcomed older girls aged 11 to 17 to participate in its flagship project, Boy Scouts BSA.
At that time, BSA said that it had been asking for the expansion of the plan for many years, aiming at helping busy families integrate their children's plans.
Krone said that he now thinks it is time to give the organization a name that better reflects the young people who are currently participating in their projects. He said that nearly 20% of the members are girls or young women.
Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press/Archives Related Articles boy scouts of america will begin to compensate victims of sexual abuse from the .4 billion trust fund after getting rid of bankruptcy. At the news conference, Selby chipman, assistant captain of Girl Scouts in North Carolina, said that one of her biggest gains from the program was her leadership skills.
She said that she hoped that more girls and young women would learn these skills like her and benefit from the project.
According to the data of boy scouts of america, more than 1 million young people have signed up for the projects provided by the organization, including 176,234 girls and young women. BSA said in a press release that so far, more than 6,000 girls and young women have won the rank of "Eagle Scout".
Bob Brady, a lawyer from New Jersey, founded a girl scout BSA team and served as its scout leader. He said that some girls joined the project soon after the project was expanded, because they had male brothers and sisters who were members of the Eagle Scout, but the whole community may not be aware of these changes.
"Five and a half years after we started, you saw people in the town seeing us marching and doing a service project, saying,' Girls can be scouts? It's called Boy Scouts, "Brady said at a news conference. "This needs some explanation ... so I think it will help recruitment and let everyone know what an inclusive program we have become in the past decade."
Since then, Brady's two daughters have won the ranks of Eagle Scouts.
"None of the vows or laws of young girls, young boys and boy scouts are born male or female and apply to everyone. Young girls in 2024 like camping, and they like hiking, "Brady said. "You know, in the past five or six years, more and more mothers and women have told me that I wish I had the opportunity to join the Boy Scouts when I was a child."
Boy scouts of america has faced a storm of controversy in recent years, including widespread allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct. According to CNN's previous report, the organization filed for bankruptcy in 2020 after spending more than 0 million to settle the abuse lawsuit.
Last year, boy scouts of america began to compensate thousands of victims of sexual abuse through the victim compensation trust fund established by the court. According to CNN, the trust fund is expected to pay .4 billion to more than 82,000 survivors of abuse.