The YMCA is the acronym of the Young Men’s Christian Association, which in Portuguese is translated as the Christian Association of Young men, or the Christian Association of Youth (in Portugal) and that, both use as the acronym for the ACM.
This is an organization that seeks to develop the intellectual, the spiritual and the physical based on their primary mission – to seek the collaboration of christian youth so that they could take to others the dissemination of the Kingdom of God, with the realization of spiritual gatherings between those who lived in London.
The association was founded in this city by the also young at the time George Williams (1821 – 1905) on 06 June, 1844.
The YMCA has over 45 million members scattered in 124 countries and has as its objective the so-called “Challenge 21” between the various points, which include: the defence of the rights of women and children, provide the major conditions for young people to work towards a more just society and commitment to charity to help the poor, the minorities and the deprived.
The ACM São Paulo helps many young people to make the exchange in London or to Canada. The opportunities also extend to internship programs and traineer.
YMCA – Music
The YMCA is a famous song recorded in 1978 and is part of the album “Cruisin” from 1980 of the american group Village People. In 1981, the song reached the second place in the charts of successful american and the first in the United Kingdom, which ended up resulting in the sale of more than 10 million copies worldwide.
The song is considered a hymn classic in the gay clubs and caused controversy with the Association of the Young men due to possible controversies, and incentives.