JCI History

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:

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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:

  1. Individual Area Opportunities:
  2. Community Area Opportunities:
  3. International Area Opportunities:
  4. 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