“Ellen” Speaks out on Boy Scout Decision Delay

Ruth McCambridge

February 12, 2013

February 9, 2013; Source: Gossip Cop

Just in case you have temporarily lost sight of the role of humor in making social change, Ellen DeGeneres recently did a little standup on the Boy Scouts of America’s inability to come to a quick decision on whether or not to allow openly gay scouts among them. We thought we would share it with you here:

–Ruth McCambridge

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Ruth McCambridge

Ruth is Editor Emerita of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement.

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