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In the summer of 2008 GSUSA is introducing a new "Girl Scout Leadership Experience," essentially a new curriculum, titled "Journeys." The first series of books, one for every level of scouting, will be released this summer called "It's Your World - Change It." [1]

  • summer: use the month, it is now winter in the southern hemisphere
  • quotes: only use for quoted content or publication titles; the comma goes outside the quote
  • essentially a new curriculum: redundant with the first "new"; if you remove it and it still makes sense, then you don't need it
  • "It's Your World - Change It.": Book titles are in italics, use two single quotes to start and stop italics; the period goes outside the title

This new curriculum was developed in conjunction with the Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, and the Ashland Institute [2], which specializes in a practice known as Transitional Awareness, and is led by Michael Cecil, the former leader of the Emissaries of Divine Light cult, founded by his father [3].

  • fist sentence: awkwardly worded
  • Michael Cecil: We have an article on Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter
  • cult: need a reliable source that this is considered a cult
  • founded by his father: seems immaterial

The program developed by Ashland for GSUSA is called "Coming Into Your Own" and reveals the New Age nature behind the "Girl Scout Leadership Expereience" [4]. Cited in this new cirriculae are other partners of the Ashland Institute including The Fetzer Institute, where a broad assortment of mystical, New Age resources is offered. Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, David Steindl-Rast, and other mystics are touted.

  • quotes: only use for quoted content or publication titles
  • New Age nature: not supported by the reference
  • Expereience; cirriculae: misspelled
  • Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, David Steindl-Rast: articles Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, David Steindl-Rast


The Ashland Institute lists eleven resources for their participants, the majority of which are other New Age/New Spirituality promoting groups, such as Collective Wisdom Initiative, Co-Intelligent Institute, The Millionth Circle (to "shift planetary consciousness" it says), and The World Café [5].

  • Relevance? Is this part of Coming Into Your Own?

Also introduced is the "Covenant of the Goddess." It's a Wiccan website which, among other things, describes their awards program. There's the "Over the Moon Award" for ages 8-11 and the "Hart and Crescent Award" for ages 12-18. The awards are offered "to any young person...who is a member of any nature-oriented religion (Wicca, Druid, Asatru, Native American, etc.).[6]."

  • This seems like a separate issue

When parents began calling local Councils to question the cirriculum, GSUSA issued a communications alert, giving local organizations "talking points" that included among other things the following excerpts:

  • When parents began calling: need reference
  • cirriculum: misspelled

"Among the accusations are that Girl Scouting has been captured and brainwashed by New Age theorists."

"We have not, across the Movement or at GSUSA, abandoned our roots."

In their publication, The Flowering of the Girl Scouts of the Arizona Catcus-Pine Council[7], staff person Mary Mitchell is quoted as saying:

“Resources are aligning. A female warrior of the spirit has been given the message and brought forward a mission — she is assembling her army of warriors (strategists, guides, intuitives, realists, implementers, and bridge builders). The mission must be achieved. There is no option to fail, because to fail is not only to fail ourselves, but is to fail in our charge to change history.”

The same publication includes the passage:

"Juliette Low [founder of the Girl Scouts] might say to us today, 'Follow my spirit, not my footsteps. Lead from the heart into the unknown.'"

In February 2008, the Kentuckiana Council, located in Louisville, KY issued the following statement in their Council newsletter[8]:

"At the workshop, preview the first of the new materials supporting the New Leadership Experience for Girls. Engage in ideas on how to bring the program to life for girls. Take an inward journey to build your own self- knowledge and self-confidence (through the leadership advice of the Ashland Institute). Discover, connect, and take action on how we can prepare the Girl Scout movement for the new changes. Embrace the girl-led, experiential, and collaborative New Leadership Experience for Girls commitment. Assist in rolling out the material to all of Kentuckiana. Serve as a positive resource in the New Leadership Experience for Girls"

The program will release nation wide in the fall of 2008[9].

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.girlscouts.org/strategy/leadership_journeys.asp
  2. ^ http://www.girlscouts.org/strategy/leadership_from_the_inside_out.asp
  3. ^ http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/files_people/Cecil_Michael.htm
  4. ^ http://www.girlscouts.org/strategy/leadership_from_the_inside_out.asp
  5. ^ http://www.ashlandinstitute.org/
  6. ^ http://www.cog.org/projects/hartcres.html
  7. ^ http://www.girlscoutsaz.org/atf/cf/%7BA4D32FFB-0ED7-4FE3-98D7-B051FB8B8CD7%7D/GSAZ_Flowering.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.kyanags.org/u_photos/February2008-M.pdf
  9. ^ http://www.girlscouts.org/strategy/faqs_leadership_aug1.asp
I did a quick review for the first half here. These are all one sentence paragraphs which makes it very choppy. You really need to ensure that the statements are supported by the references. You need reliable tertiary references; this mainly uses primary references from the GSUSA and Ashland. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 21:15, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
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