Ep. 526: The Unique Challenges and Opportunities of an All Refugee Boy Scout Troop - Justin Wilson
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Justin Wilson is a volunteer scout leader for Troop 1532, an all-refugee Boy Scout Troop in Aurora, CO. In this interview, we talk about how the unique troop was formed, how it serves refugee boys, and what they strive to teach each Scout. From mitigating different backgrounds to cultural preferences, and even food, every aspect of operating this troop is so different than a typical Boy Scout troop, yet provides the most fascinating stories of outdoor adventure.
We hope you enjoy and if you’d like to learn more about Justin and the troop, or you believe you can fill any of their needs, please get in touch.
justin.wilson@scoutsforequality.org
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| 0:00.0 | we ask if they know any scary stories. The stories they share, it's not a ghost story. It's a, |
| 0:05.1 | well, one time when my family and I were escaping Syria and the guns were going off and the bombs |
| 0:10.4 | were going off and, and, you know, the stories get pretty, pretty gritty and pretty serious, pretty |
| 0:14.8 | quick. But that's just the reality that these kids have lived and now they're here, |
| 0:19.0 | living in normal childhood. |
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| 1:06.6 | So imagine your ghost stories being real stories from your past, like you heard Justin Wilson say in the beginning of this episode. |
| 1:18.5 | And that's the reality that he faces being a scout leader of one of the only, if not the only, all refugee Boy Scout troop in the country. |
| 1:30.3 | They have a lot of unique challenges and a lot of unique opportunities that a lot of |
| 1:34.3 | scouts never even dream of. |
| 1:36.7 | And Justin is a great guy, volunteers his time to do this. |
| 1:41.9 | And it's a Boy Scout group right here in Denver. |
| 1:44.6 | And I'm just going to say, you know, some of their needs are hard shell clothing like |
| 1:50.7 | jackets and pants. |
| 1:52.9 | But if you were in the area or if this episode, you know, touches your heart or, you know, |
| 1:59.1 | strikes a chord with you and you want to get involved or |
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