I’m a former GG myself and a youth group volunteer – I wholeheartedly appreciate the selfless dedication of the grassroots leaders you mention.
But I’m also a parent. A parent who lives close to Newark, where Sulley volunteered. And there is now no way in hell I’d let my kids join GG. And I suspect I’m not alone.
That they let a man with a predeliction for fetish gear and guns lead a girls’ group - and hold significant power there - despite all the warnings from senior women in the organisation- says it all. And instead of the leadership owning that scenario and apologising to parents and girls, they tried to shut it down. And that there are still so many women within GG protesting the exclusion of men like Sulley - I would be wrong as a parent to overlook that.
No organisation like that deserves a second chance with kids’ safety.