From within the walls of the soul of this organization, where in the foundation of character and good citizenship are laid, I hope a message will come in the some-time of tomorrow. That will stir the people towards the establishment of a permanent and ever lasting World Peace.
Henry Gissenbier
The Founder of JCI
We are a membership-based nonprofit organization of 2,00,000 young people ages 18 to 40 in 5,000 communities and more than 115 countries around the world.
What is Jaycees?
- Young Adults ages (18-40) of any race, creed or color.
- A group dedicated to community improvement and personal betterment.
- One of the fastest young people’s organization in the world.
The Jaycees are not:
- A Chamber of Commerce; A Political Organization.
- A Rotary/ Lions / Leos; A meet
- A Business Person
How much time you have to commit?
Dedicate as much time and effort as you want. Of course, your return in your investment will depend greatly on what you want out of your membership and how much time you put into it.
The benefits of JCI Membership:
- An organized method of helping to improve our community with other civic minded individuals.
- Leadership training and careers skills through project participation, chairing projects, participation at meetings and holding an elected office.
- Personal growth and individual development programs. These can assist with carrier development & Personal skills.
- A friend, the Jaycees organization is an excellent way to develop friendships with other young people working toward similar goals and enjoying a relaxed, social atmosphere.
Learn Where?
- National Convention/ Area Conference
- NOM/LOM Leader’s Academy
- Various Training Program, Workshop & Seminars
The origin of Junior Chamber:
The origin of Junior Chamber can be traced as far back as 1910 to the city of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States of America. A young man named Henry Giessenbier and his friends formed the Herculaneum Dance Club with the main objective being the preservation of conservative dance styles.
Five years later, in 1915, Colonel H.N. Morgan, a prominent St. Louis citizen, inspired the members of the dance club to become more involved in civic issues. Giessenbier and 32 other young men formed the Young Men’s Progressive Civic Association (YMPCA) on October 13, 1915. This organization grew to a membership of 750 in less than five months.
The Birth of Junior Chamber:
The very next year, 1916, saw another change of name as the YMPCA became Junior Citizens, commonly called JCs, which later became Jaycees. The year 1918 marked another change as the Jcs were affiliated with the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and officially became the St. Louis Junior Chamber of Commerce.
After sometimes Giessenbier contacted other cities in the United States with similar young businessmen’s groups & subsequently 29 clubs from around the nation formed the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Henry Giessenbier was elected the first President of the national organization in 1923
- In 1928 the philosophy of Gissenbier was expanded in England.
- In 1940 the Jaycees philosophy was also expanded in all over USA.
- 1943 Mexico City, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica / Panama.
- 1st World Conference was held at Mexico in 1944
- Raul Garacia Vidal (First World President) of Mexico
- 1946 prepared the Jcs creed By William Brownfield
- 1948 4th world congress: Established Jcs creed
- 1952 Established permanent Office in USA
- 1988 the name of Organization was changed as Junior Chamber International (JCI)
Mailing Address of JCI:
Stories, news, media
Marketing
Website
General Inquiries
JCI World Headquarters
15645 Olive Blvd. Chesterfield, MO 63017 – USA
Tel: +1-636-449-3100
Fax: +1-636-449-3107
JCI Mission
To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.
JCI Vision
To be the leading global network of young active citizens.
Objectives of JCI:
- Development of an awareness and acceptance of the responsibilities of citizenship.
- Individual participation in internal training programs to develop leadership potential
- Active participation in planning and executing programs for the development of the individual and the community.
- Promotion of economic development.
- Furtherance of understanding, goodwill and co-operation among all people.
THE Areas of Opportunities:
- Individual Area Opportunities:
- Community Area Opportunities:
- International Area Opportunities:
- Business Area Opportunities:
The History of the JCI Creed
The Jaycee Creed was written by C. William Brownfield in 1946. Adopted by the Canada Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees International, this simple statement of beliefs unites Jaycees around the world in a bond of friendship and purpose. These 65 words have become the third most important document in the lives of many, many people worldwide.
The year was 1946… the place, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; the event, the United States Junior Chamber National Convention. Visitors came from Canada, Mexico,South America, Europe and the Philippine Islands. It was here that the idea of a JCICreed was born.
Past President of the Ohio Junior Chamber and National Vice President of the United States Junior Chamber C. William Brownfield realized at this convention that the organization did not have a Creed. He was inspired by the devotion of Junior Chamber members “to the purpose of serving mankind in a thousand different ways, right down at the grass roots where freedom lives or dies.”
Brownfield saw Junior Chamber as “the potential for a new force in the world, one capable of changing the balance between victory or defeat for our chosen way of life in a time of crisis.”
The actual writing of the Creed took place in July 1946 during a drive from Brownfield’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio, to his coal mine in New Lexington, a journey of about 75 minutes. He started that journey with a firm conviction in his mind to work on the Creed. It was during that trip that the following words came to mind and were put on paper:
In 1950 the first line, “we believe that faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life.” was added.
We believe:
That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life;
That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations;
That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise;
That government should be of laws rather than of men;
That earth’s great treasure lies in human personality; and that service to humanity is the best work of life
JCI Oath
I do solemnly promise that faithfully serve the purpose of Jaycees and shall at all times its ideas and principles
Short keys used in JCI:
Jaycees Member | Jc |
President | P |
Immediate Past President | IPP |
Past President | PP |
National President | NP |
Immediate Past National President | IPNP |
World President | WP |
Immediate Past World President | IPWP |
Secretary General | SG |
Executive Vice President | EVP |
Vice President | VP |
General Legal Council | GLC |
Treasurer | Tre |
Joint Treasurer | J.Tre |
Editor | Ed |
Public Relation Officer | PRO |
Media Relation Officer | MRO |
Skill Development Officer | SKO |
Director | Dir |
Board Officer | BO |
Training Commissioner | T.Co |
Long Range Planning Commissioner | LRPC |
Award Chairman | A.Cman |
Advisor | A |
Structure of JCI
Each Local Organization is affiliated to a JCI National Organization Members that coordinates activities on a national scale. The National Organizations Members (NOMs) are organized in four geographic regions: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas and Europe.
Area A : African Countries
JCI Benin
JCI Botswana
JCI Burkina Faso
JCI Cameroun
JCI Comoros
JCI Congo
JCI Cote D’Ivoire
JCI Egypt
JCI Gabon
JCI Ghana
JCI Guinea
JCI Jordan
JCI Kenya
JCI Lebanon
JCI Lesotho
JCI Madagascar
JCI Mali
JCI Mauritius
JCI Togo
JCI Morocco
JCI Mozambique
JCI Namibia
JCI Niger
JCI Nigeria
JCI Rwanda
JCI Senegal
JCI Sierra Leone
JCI South Africa
JCI Syria
JCI Tunisie
JCI Uganda
JCI Zimbabwe
Area B : Asia & Australia pacific countries (ASPAC)
JCI Australia
JCI Bangladesh
JCI Cambodia
JCI Hong Kong
JCI India
JCI Ind1onesia
JCI Japan
JCI Korea
JCI Macao
JCI Malaysia
JCI Maldives
JCI Mongolia
JCI Nepal
JCI New Zealand
JCI Pacific
JCI Pakistan
JCI Philippines
JCI Singapore
JCI Sri Lanka
JCI Taiwan
JCI Thailand
JCI Vietnam
Area C : North Amreica, South America & Middle America
JCI Argentina
JCI Bolivia
JCI Brasil
JCI Canada
JCI Chile
JCI Colombia
JCI Costa Rica
JCI Domenican Republic
JCI Dutch Caribbean
JCI Ecuador
JCI Guatemala
JCI Haiti
JCI Honduras
JCI Mexico
JCI Nicaragua
JCI Panama
JCI Paraguay
JCI Peru
JCI Puerto Rico
JCI Suriname
JCI Uruguay
JCI USA
JCI Venezuela
JCI West Indies
Area D : Europe Countries
JCI Armenia
JCI Austria
JCI Belgium
JCI Bulgaria
JCI Catalonia
JCI Cyprus
JCI Denmark
JCI Estonia
JCI Finland
JCI France
JCI Germany
JCI Greece
JCI Hungary
JCI Iceland
JCI Ireland
JCI Italy
JCI Latvia
JCI Lithuania
JCI Luxembourg
JCI Malta
JCI Monaco
JCI Netherlands
JCI Norway
JCI Poland
JCI Portugal
JCI Romania
JCI Russia
JCI Scotland
JCI Serbia
JCI Slovakia
JCI Sweden
JCI Switzerland
JCI Turkey
JCI Ukraine
JCI United Kingdom
2019 JCI Board of Directors:
Executive Committee
President
Alexander Tio
Indonesia
Immediate Past President
Mark Brian Lim
Philippines
General Legal Counsel
Andres Gutierrez
Colombia
Treasurer
Victor Machin
Uruguay
Executive Vice President for Africa and the Middle East
Oumar Ouedraogo
Burkina Faso
Executive Vice President for Asia and the Pacific
Amzad Hussain
Bangladesh
Executive Vice President for the Americas
Argenis Alexander Angulo Parra
Venezeula
Executive Vice President for Europe
Viktor Omarsson
Iceland
Board of Directors 2019:
Harira Cisse
Vice President for Africa and the Middle East
Mali
Firas Deeb
Vice President for Africa and the Middle East
Syria
Eudes Severin Poaty
Vice President for Africa and the Middle East
Gabon
Adiniyi Rasheed Balogun
Vice President for Africa and the Middle East
Nigeria
Teresia Poon
Vice President for Asia and the Pacific
Hongkong
Kiyoto Kawasaki
Vice President for Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Arpit Hathi
Vice President for Asia and the Pacific
India
Kelly K.T. Huang
Vice President for Asia and the Pacific
Taiwan
Nadja Maraite
Vice President for the Americas
Belgium
Maria Alejandra Castillo
Vice President for the Americas
Bolivia
Daniel Guarderas Donoso
Vice President for the Americas
Ecuador
Bolivar Batista
Vice President for the Americas
Dominican Republic
Laura Enache
Vice President for Europe
Ireland
Jay Johnson
Vice President for Europe
USA
Marchin Badura
Vice President for Europe
Poland
Silva Dolmane
Vice President for Europe
Latvia
Nahil Zoroglu
Vice President for Europe
Turkey
Appointees:
Secretary General
Arrey Obenson
CAMEROON
Sara Ogawa
Engagement Assistant for the Asia & the Pacific
JCI World Congress
Year | No. | World congress | World president | Country | |
1944 | JCI fondée à Mexico-City | ||||
1945 | |||||
1946 | 1 | Panama | Panama | Raul Garcia Vidal | Mexico |
1947 | 2 | Dallas | Usa | Erasmo A. Chambonnet | Panama |
1948 | 3 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | C. Taylor Colé | USA |
1949 | 4 | Bruxelles | Belgium | Victor Boucas | Brazil |
1950 | 5 | Manille | Philippines | Théo Staar | Belgium |
1951 | 6 | Montréal | Canada | Ramon V. del Rosario | Philippines |
1952 | 7 | Melbourne | Australia | Philip T.R. Pugsley | Canada |
1953 | 8 | San Francisco | USA | Roberto Villanueva | Philippines |
1954 | 9 | Mexico | Mexico | Douglas L. Hoge | USA |
1955 | 10 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Peter B. Watts | New Zealand |
1956 | 11 | Wellington | New Zealand | Sonny Sales | Hong Kong |
1957 | 12 | Tokyo | Japan | Ira D. Kaye | USA |
1958 | 13 | Minneapolis | USA | Alberto Philippe Morales | Mexico |
1959 | 14 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Maurice C. Sexton | New Zealand |
1960 | 15 | Paris | France | Milton Zapata | Puerto Rico |
1961 | 16 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Peter Frankel | Brazil |
1962 | 17 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Leslie M. Perrott | Australia |
1963 | 18 | Tel Aviv | Israel | Eric H. Stevenson | Scotland |
1964 | 19 | Oklahoma City | USA | Conrad O’Brien | West India |
1965 | 20 | Sydney | Australia | John D. Rundle | Australia |
1966 | 21 | Kyoto | Japan | Edward A. Merdes | USA |
1967 | 22 | Toronto | Canada | Clifford E. Myatt | Puerto Rico |
1968 | 23 | Mar del Plata | Argentina | Philippe Abravanel | Switzerland |
1969 | 24 | Port of Spain | Trinidad | Thomas E. Gates | USA |
1970 | 25 | Dublin | Ireland | Hiroshi Maeda | Japan |
1971 | 26 | Honolulu | USA | Graham Sinclair | New Zealand |
1972 | 27 | Taipeh | Taiwan | Royce R. Pepin | Australia |
1973 | 28 | Nice | France | L.A. Roy Banarsee | West India |
1974 | 29 | Auckland | New Zealand | A. Jay Smith | USA |
1975 | 30 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Jean-Claude Féraud | France |
1976 | 31 | Saint Louis | USA | Feliciano Belmonte | Philippines |
1977 | 32 | Johannesburg | South Africa | Ronald G. S. Au | USA |
1978 | 33 | Manille | Philippines | Carl Peterson | Sweden |
1979 | 34 | Göteborg | Sweden | Kumar Gera | India |
1980 | 35 | Osaka | Japan | Patricio Izurieta | Ecuador |
1981 | 36 | Berlin | Germany | Gary Nagao | Japan |
1982 | 37 | Seoul | Korea | Barry Kennedy | USA |
1983 | 38 | Taipeh | Taiwan | Kjell Peterson | Sweden |
1984 | 39 | Montréal | Canada | Joe Murphy | Ireland |
1985 | 40 | Cartagena | Columbia | Victor J. C. Luciano | Philippines |
1986 | 41 | Nagoya | Japan | Mohammed Moncef Barouni | Tunisia |
1987 | 42 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Phil Berry | USA |
1988 | 43 | Sydney | Australia | Jennifer Yu | Hong Kong |
1989 | 44 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Isfahani Sameen | Sri Lanka |
1990 | 45 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Jorge Suncar Morales | Dominican Republic |
1991 | 46 | Helsinki | Finland | Reginald Schaumans | Belgium |
1992 | 47 | Miami | USA | Albert Hiribarrondo | France |
1993 | 48 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Robby Dawkins | USA |
1994 | 49 | Kobe | Japan | Arnaud Godère | Mauritius |
1995 | 50 | Glasgow | Scotland | David Hide Oji | Japan |
1996 | 51 | Pusan | Korea | Thomas Clear III | USA |
1997 | 52 | Honolulu | USA | Crispini Dy Jr | Philippines |
1998 | 53 | Manille | Philippines | Petri Niskanen | Finland |
1999 | 54 | Cannes | France | Yonk Suk Choi | Korea |
2000 | 55 | Sapporo | Japan | Karyn Bisdee | New Zealand |
2001 | 56 | Barcelona | Spain | Georges A. Bouverat | Switzerland |
2002 | 57 | Las Vegas | USA | Salvatore Battle | Spain |
2003 | 58 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Bruce Rector | USA |
2004 | 59 | Fukuoka | Japan | Fernando Sanchez-Arias | Venezuela |
2005 | 60 | Vienna | Austria | Kevin Cullinane | Ireland |
2006 | 61 | Seoul | Korea | Lars Hajslund | Denmark |
2007 | 62 | Antalya | Turkey | Scott Greenlee | USA |
2008 | 63 | New Dehli | Indian | Graham Hanlon | Ireland |
2009 | 64 | Hammamet | Tunisia | Jun Sup Shin | Korea |
2010 | 65 | Osaka | Japan | Roland Kwemain | Cameroun |
2011 | 66 | Bruxelles | Belgium | Kentaro Harada | Japan |
2012 | 67 | Taipeh | Taiwan | Bertolt Daems | Netherlands |
2013 | 68 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Chiara Milani | Italia |
2014 | 69 | Leipzig | Germany | Shine Bhaskaran | India |
2015 | 70 | Kanazawa | Japan | Ismail Haznedar | Turkey |
2016 | 71 | Québec | Canada | Pascal Dike | Nigeria |
2017 | 72 | Amsterdam | Netherland | Dawn Hetzel | USA |
2018 | 73 | Goa | Philippines | Marc Brian Lim | India |