"What do you suggest?"
I assume your suggestions are humorous Al - always welcome (well - sometimes, maybe, though the Paul Simon suggestion does have its attraction).
I don't believe there to be a cure-all Al, it's far too late for that.
In the end, the ball's in the court of those who still care to come out of their closets - I've had enough discussions with old friends to know they're still about and occasionally, during discussions like this someone pops up his/her head and raises the flag.
My personal solution is limited to offering what we have in the way of recordings, books, lectures, radio programmes etc. via my PCloud site to whoever sends an e-mail address and sticking needles under my fingernails on threads like this.
I'm but even sure it's worth putting in the time with the National Sound Archive/British Library to finally get our collection fully sorted and usable
I have been knocked out by the number of newbie kids who have used the Clare Library site to learn songs, but that's in The West of Ireland, and they're already forging their own path
You can't do much about those who don't care and are not even interested in discussing the damage they have done to the future of folk music

I argued fiercely with Ewan when he suggested that Folk Song might die as a performed art if it fell into the hands of those who don't understand it and don't even like it - I think he might have had a point.
It won't disappear of course; it's one of the most closely studied and well-documented of the oral arts - but I've always been against confining anybody to solitary confinement, particularly old friends like Walter Pardon
It might be a good start if people sorted out the differences between liking something, being able to understand it, and recognising its importance.
Thanks for asking
Jim