Hi there,

Thank you to everyone for your continued support! I wanted to share a few updates and ask for your help with a crucial step in our campaign.

The Boy Scouts have been ignoring or dismissing our demands for months now, and time is running out for young girls like me who worked so hard to make it to Eagle Scout. In fact, I believe that the BSA is intentionally delaying addressing our petition so that by the time they respond it will be too late to take action.

Our National BSA Chair, Jim Turley was also the Board Chair of women’s organization, Catalyst Inc. Please tell Turley to continue his great work for women’s equality by letting young women join immediately.

Will you send an email to BSA leadership asking them to allow girls into the organization now?

BSA leadership have mentioned that personal emails had a huge impact on their decision-making, so I’m asking for your help. Please email the following people, asking them to meet with me this month. You can copy and paste the template email I’ve shared below, or better yet write your own message!

Please copy and paste all addresses for the following people: Jim Turley, National Chair; Ellie Morrison, National Commissioner; Michael Surbaugh, Chief Scout Executive; Effie Delimarkos, Head of BSA PR

TO: jim.turley@scouting.org; ellie.morrison@scouting.org; michael.surbaugh@scouting.org; effie.delimarkos@scouting.org; myscouting@scouting.org; pr@scouting.org

Here’s the email you can paste in:

Dear National Chair Jim Turley and the Scout Leadership:

I’m writing to thank the BSA for agreeing to accept girls into the organization. As our society continues to move closer and closer to gender equality, we know how crucial it is that girls be given access to the incredible leadership training provided by the BSA.

But I’m concerned that the young women who pushed so hard for this change are now being excluded from the organization.

With the BSA’s plan to accept young women in February 2019, many of them will not be able to complete their Eagle Scout projects in time for it to count on their college applications, denying them access to key scholarships and a leg up in the application process.

There is no good reason to delay accepting girls into the program. Please set a good example for the future men you are already training, and allow girls to become Scouts today.

Best,

[Your Name]