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Our History. When George Williams founded the first YMCA in Industrial Revolution-era London, he sought to create a supportive community to help young men like himself address pressing social challenges. The idea found a home in the U.S. seven years later at the Old South Church in Boston.
In 1853 in Washington, D.C., the first YMCA for African Americans was founded by Anthony Bowen, who had been freed from slavery.
On 6th June 1844, George Williams, together with ten Christian young men, established the YMCA. “Our object is the improvement of the spiritual condition of the young men engaged in houses of business, by the formation of Bible classes, family and social prayer meetings, mutual improvement societies, or any other spiritual agency.”.
In 1910, 25 African American YMCAs were built in 23 cities as a result of a challenge grant program announced by Sears Roebuck founder Julius Rosenwald. The Ys included clean, safe dorm rooms and eating facilities, which were a boon to Black travelers, especially servicemen, in a segregated and discriminatory era.
On 6 June 1844, Sir George Williams founded the first YMCA in London, England. The first meeting was held above a drapery shop in St Paul’s Churchyard, and brought together 12 young men. By the time of the first World Conference in Paris in 1855, the YMCA Movement was already established in 9 countries.
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded on 6 June 1844, by George Williams and eleven friends. [4] Williams was a London draper who was typical of the young men drawn to the cities by the Industrial Revolution.
It was founded in 1851 by Captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan (1800–59), an American seaman and missionary. He was influenced by the London YMCA and saw the association as an opportunity to provide a "home away from home" for young sailors on shore leave.
On 11 October 2021, we mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of our founder, George Williams, in Somerset, England. In June 1844, together with 11 other young men, George Williams established the YMCA.
YMCA, nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character through group activities and citizenship training. It originated in London in 1844, when 12 young men, led by George Williams, an employee in, and subsequently the head of, a drapery.
1844 – The YMCA is founded in London, England A 22-year-old draper, named George Williams, got the idea to start the Young Men's Christian Association, or YMCA, in 1844 in London, England in response to unhealthy social conditions brought on by the Industrial Revolution.