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This article is about the Young Men's Christian Association. For information on the Village People song or its corresponding dance, please see YMCA (song).
The YMCA movement was founded in London, England in 1844 by George Williams, and states its goals as "seeking to build a human community of justice with love, peace and reconciliation". The first YMCA in the United States opened in Boston, Massachusetts on December 29, 1851.
Today YMCAs are present in 122 countries.