{{Short description|Organization}} {{For|USJC|United States Junior Chamber}} {{Use list-defined references|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox organization | name = Junior Chamber International | pronunciation = | nickname = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | logo = New JCI Logo Primary.png | logo_size = | logo_alt = JCI logo | logo_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = JCI | predecessor = | merged_into = | successor = | formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1915|10|13|br=yes}} | founder = [[Henry Giessenbier]] | founding_location = [[St. Louis, Missouri]] | extinction = <!-- use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | merger = | type = [[International non-governmental organization|NGO]] | tax_id = <!-- or | vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profit org --> | status = | purpose = | headquarters = [[Chesterfield, Missouri]], United States<ref name=lawson/> | location = | coordinates = {{Coord|38|39|20|N|90|33|24|W|type:landmark_region:US-MO|display=inline,title}} | region_served = Worldwide | services = | products = | methods = [[Community service]] | fields = | membership = 160,000+ | num_members_year = 2019 | language = {{flatlist| *All languages adopted by individual National Organizations as their official languages are the official languages of JCI }} | secretary_general = {{flagicon|Monaco}} Elvin Teo<ref name="whatwedo">{{cite web |title=What We Do - JCI |url=https://jci.cc/en/what-we-do |website=jci.cc |access-date=13 February 2019 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907190001/https://jci.cc/en/what-we-do |url-status=live }}</ref> | leader_title = World President | leader_name = Keisuke Shimoyamada (2025)(Japan) | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | num_staff = 22 | num_staff_year = 2020 | website = {{url|https://jci.cc}} | remarks = | former_name = }} [[File:JCI WorldHeadquarterSnow.jpg|thumbnail|JCI world headquarters in the St. Louis suburb of [[Chesterfield, Missouri|Chesterfield]]]]
'''Junior Chamber International''', commonly referred to as '''JCI''', is a [[non-profit]] [[international non-governmental organization]]{{r|lawson}} of young people between {{formatnum:18}} and {{formatnum:40}} years old. It has members in about 127 countries, and regional or national organizations in most of them.<ref name=about/>
The first local Junior Chamber chapter was founded in 1915, but the international umbrella organization Junior Chamber International (JCI) was founded in Mexico in 1944. It has consultative status with the [[Council of Europe]], with the [[Economic and Social Council of the United Nations]] and with [[UNESCO]].{{r|lawson}} It encourages young people to become active citizens and to participate in efforts towards [[Social change|social]] and [[economic development]], [[international cooperation]], good-will, and understanding.{{r|lawson}}
==History== By the age of 18, [[Henry Giessenbier|Henry Giessenbier Jr.]] had formed the Herculaneum Dance Club, a social outlet for the community's youth. On October 13, 1915, the first JCI Movement was founded when 32 men joined to form the Young Men's Progressive Civic Association (YMPCA) at the Mission Inn located in their hometown of St. Louis, USA. The Young Men's Progressive Civic Association members received acknowledgement from the broader community, however on November 30, 1915 official recognition of the organization was granted after enrolling as a member of the Mayor's Conference of Civic Organizations. One year later, the YMPCA became known as the Junior Citizens and soon the [[United States Junior Chamber|Junior Chamber of Commerce]], after affiliating with the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. On December 11, 1944, an Inter-American Congress was held in Mexico City. Representatives from the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama gathered to officially establish Henry Giessenbier's 24-year-old civic association as an international organization, Junior Chamber International. In 2015 the organization celebrated its 100th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151011/submitted/151019769/ |title=100th Anniversary of the JCI Movement |date=11 October 2015 |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418092706/https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151011/submitted/151019769/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Activities== The local organizations are referred to as Local Organization (LO) with a local board, and it is at the local level that most activities take place: conferences, projects, local publications, etc. A LO will be member of a national organization or National Organization (NO) that is governed by a national board. The different NOs are members of Junior Chamber International (JCI). The international organization publishes ''JCI World'', a quarterly magazine, in six languages.{{r|lawson}} It holds an annual conference, the JCI World Congress, in November of each year and regional annual meetings, the JCI Area Conferences.<ref name=history/>
In the United States the local organizations run a.o. the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the Greater Gulf State Fair, and the Azalea Trail Maids under the name [[United States Junior Chamber|Jaycees]].<ref>https://adsfr.com</ref>
Typically leadership positions in the organization are held only for one year; this goes for JCI local Presidents, for JCI National Presidents and also for the [[List of presidents of the Junior Chamber International|JCI World Presidents]]. Some members are given life membership of the organization and become "senators" and members of the JCI Senate. The [[Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World]] (TOYP) program is organized annually by Junior Chamber International.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/6-outstanding-malaysians-for-global-jci-top-ten-young-person-awards-NF304834 |title=Six outstanding Malaysians for Global JCI Top Ten Young Person awards |access-date=2022-08-23 |archive-date=2021-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516145232/https://www.thesundaily.my/local/6-outstanding-malaysians-for-global-jci-top-ten-young-person-awards-NF304834 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also== *[[Active citizenship]] *[[List of presidents of the Junior Chamber International]] *[[Global citizenship]] *[[United Nations]]
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=about>{{cite web |title=Welcome to JCI - Young Active Citizens Creating Positive Change |publisher=Junior Chamber International |url=http://www.jci.cc/guests/en/aboutjci |access-date = 2010-08-15 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100821211235/http://www.jci.cc/guests/en/aboutjci |archive-date = 2010-08-21}}</ref>
<ref name=history>{{cite book |title=A Legacy of Leadership: The U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce |last=John Clark |year=1995 |isbn=0964545608 |page=224}}</ref>
<ref name=lawson>"Jaycees International", in Edward Lawson, Mary Lou Bertucci (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=J-SrdFtSuDUC&pg=PA911 ''Encyclopedia of human rights''], second edition. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|9781560323624}}. {{nobreak|p. 911.}}</ref>
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== External links == {{Commons category|Junior Chamber International}}
*{{Official|https://jvc.jci.cc/}}
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