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About 50 million women were once part of Girl Scouts. That’s a lot of women with shared childhood memories of selling cookies, earning badges and singing “Make new friends ...” around a campfire.

But, do you know what today’s Girl Scouts are doing? The organization has been around for more than 100 years and it’s still changing to meet girls where they are.

Girl Scouts troops across the country are paying more attention to supporting girls’ mental health and swapping out crafts for new badges in activities like electrical wiring and voter registration awareness. Locally, the organization is adding more culturally specific troops for Somali, Hmong, Latina and Black girls.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the future of the Girl Scouts with Marisa Williams, who started as CEO of the local Girl Scouts River Valleys just over a year ago.  

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Girl Scouts are evolving to meet the needs of today’s girls. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Girl Scouts River Valleys CEO Marisa Williams about girls’ mental health, new badges and culturally specific troops.

Girl Scouts are about a lot more than the cookies

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