Untended Fire

  • Move Forward: Save Scouting
  • BSA national committee transparency scores
  • Order of the Arrow cleanliness audit
  • About Untended Fire

Without a bold vision, BSA is doomed within a decade. With Move Forward: Save Scouting, we can be relevant to society, improve programming, ditch unsound practices, and streamline the experience.

Path forward

BSA can overcome its cultural rot and become the USA’s premier youth-development organization. These articles focus on how to get there.

  • Abolish gold epaulets, a barrier to reform

    Abolish gold epaulets, a barrier to reform

  • A Glimmer of Hope, a Higher Vision

    A Glimmer of Hope, a Higher Vision

  • NOAC 2024 @ CU Boulder to mock Native Americans a bit less

    NOAC 2024 @ CU Boulder to mock Native Americans a bit less

  • OA top youth leadership calls for end of all Native American-ish activities

    OA top youth leadership calls for end of all Native American-ish activities

  • Councils skipping BSA’s “good old boy” system to find competent CEOs

    Councils skipping BSA’s “good old boy” system to find competent CEOs

  • BSA’s CEO position is too important to be a reward for career lifers

    BSA’s CEO position is too important to be a reward for career lifers

  • The case for equity and inclusion: Ending BSA’s specious coed ban

  • UMC’s BSA shift is a blueprint, inflection, and opportunity

    UMC’s BSA shift is a blueprint, inflection, and opportunity

Untended Fire

Apologies for the organization won’t save the movement. Bold, rapid change will.

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