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The Y is another name for the YMCA , a worldwide youth organization

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">YMCA</span> Worldwide youth organization founded by Sir George Williams in 1844

YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization aims to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">YWCA USA</span> Nonprofit organization

YWCA USA (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. It is one of the oldest and largest multicultural organizations promoting solutions to enhance the lives of women, girls, and families. They have been at the forefront of the most pressing social movements for 165 years — from voting rights to civil rights, affordable housing to pay equity, and violence prevention to health care reform.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">YMCA Youth and Government</span>

YMCA Youth and Government (YaG), also known as Youth In Government, or Model Legislature and Court, is a program of the YMCA of the USA that allows high school students to serve in model governments at the local, state, national, and international levels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Williams (philanthropist)</span> English philanthropist and businessman

Sir George Williams was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.

The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is a federation of autonomous national Student Christian Movements (SCM) forming the youth and student arm of the global ecumenical movement. The Federation includes Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic students.

YMCA is a worldwide youth and community organization.

An academy is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership.

Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet.

The YWCA is an association supporting women and girls.

The United States Youth Council (USYC) was a nonprofit coalition of organizations which served youth and young adults in the United States. It was founded in 1945 by the National Social Welfare Assembly as that organization's youth division, but became independent in the early 1960s. In 1967, The New York Times revealed that the USYC had received more than 90 percent of its funds from the Central Intelligence Agency, leading many of the organization's largest members to quit. USYC continued to receive funding from the United States government before disbanding in 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">YWCA</span> International organization for women

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kautz Family YMCA Archives</span>

The Kautz Family YMCA Archives, located at the University of Minnesota Libraries in Minneapolis, United States, archives the historical records of the U.S. YMCA national association, YMCA of the USA, the records of the Minneapolis and Greater New York YMCAs, and those of the Y's Men International, a service club in partnership with the YMCA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keokuk Young Women's Christian Association Building</span> United States historic place

The Keokuk Young Women's Christian Association Building is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

The Young Women's Christian Association of the Philippines is an autonomous member of World YWCA. The association was established in the Philippines in 1926.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">YMCA of Greater Toronto</span> YMCA in Greater Toronto

The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity organization working on social issues in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eva del Vakia Bowles</span> American teacher (1875–1943)

Eva del Vakia Bowles (1875–1943) was an American teacher and a Young Women's Christian Association organizer in New York City. When she began working at the New York City segregated YWCA in Harlem, she became the first black woman to be a general secretary of the organization. For eighteen years she organized black branches of the YWCA and expanded their services to community members. She received recognition from former president Theodore Roosevelt for her work during World War I on behalf of the segregated Y.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">YMCA of the USA</span> US non-profit youth organization

The National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America is part of the worldwide youth organization YMCA. It has 2,700 separate organizations with 10,000 branches working with 21 million men, women and children, to "strengthen communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility." It employs 19,000 staff and is supported by 600,000 volunteers, and YMCA branches have about 10,000 service locations. The first YMCA in the United States opened on December 29, 1851, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1851 by Captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan (1800–59), an American seaman and missionary.