Creating a welcoming space for everyone.
The troop creates their own activities in addition to attending some council-led events. One of the troops own events involved a visit from a Mexican artist friend one of the girl’s mothers. She gave a presentation to the girls on how art can come from things found all around. The visit culminated with the girls making their own art from sticks and rocks.
Denisse has learned that girls get a lot out of simply doing
things together. “Work with what you have and make it fun for the
girls, because they don’t really care if you go to a national park
or go to a [your local] park and take a hike there,” she offers as
encouragement other new leaders as she had been. “They’re going to
have fun if you’re invested and do activities that are fun for
them.”
The troop also attended the council’s Dia de los Muertos celebration last fall.
“It’s good to do and to involve the families,” says Denisse,” because we normally don’t see our culture represented, so when they do an event and there’s really research done, and you really ask people from that culture what they do and how it’s not just a date but why it’s important to them, [it’s a good thing].”
She adds that one of the benefits of Girl Scouts being inclusive is that it shows families that what’s important to them culturally is important to them is important to Girl Scouts as well. “Everybody can be a Girl Scout,” she says. “It’s not just for rich families or a specific race, or place, or neighborhood in the community.”
For her part, Sophia agrees that girls of all ages are welcome in the program and when asked what she’d say to girls who, like her, may be joining as an older Girl Scouts, she encourages them to take the leap.
“Don’t be afraid. You can [think], ‘Oh, there’s already a group and I’m going to feel left out.’ But sometimes you find out similarities with them and start a conversation,” she asserts. “Never be afraid like they’re going to judge you, because we’re all Girl Scouts, and at the end of the day, we’re there. You’ll get to know each other better.”
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