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Interest Group What is YouthBuild? Outline YouthBuild was founded in 1978 by Dorothy Stoneman in East Harlem, New York. The movement has grown to impact thousands of young people around the world with positive youth development, education, career training, and workforce readiness. In 1984, Stoneman and a coalition of other youth-serving programs in NYC orchestrated YouthBuild's expansion citywide. In 1988, YouthBuild began to spread nationally, and in 1990, YouthBuild USA was formed as a support center for the movement with Stoneman as its CEO. By 2001, the program laid the groundwork for its international expansion, starting in South Africa eventually expanding to several more countries. In 2007, Youthbuild international was created to respond to the growing need to champion opportunity for youth around the world. Their Partners This program partners with companies, government, national and international nonprofit organizations and development finance institut...