José Martí Pioneer Organization Organización de Pioneros José Martí
Founded	1961
Headquarters	Palacio de Pioneros,Havana
Mother party	Communist Party of Cuba
International affiliation	WFDY ICCAM

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José Martí Pioneer Organization (Spanish:Organización de Pioneros José Martí -OPJM) is aCuban youth organization established in 1961, created as a replacement for the bannedAsociación de Scouts de Cuba. The organization gets its name from Cuban writer and national heroJosé Martí.

The José Martí Pioneer Organization groups primary and secondary students, until 9th grade. The initiation takes place with a traditional act of giving a neckerchief, blue or red depending on the student's level; from that moment it forms a part of thescholastic uniform. In high school the neckerchief is replaced by a badge consisting of the bars withcolors of the national flag and to the right,Che'ssignature; the symbol measures approximately 1.5 cm by 10 cm, in some cases is the symbol of thehigh school, and sewn directly on the white uniform shirt. These are organized into three sub-age groups per grade level. Pioneers from the 1st to 3rd grades areMoncada Pioneers (Pionero Moncadista), while 4th to 9th graders are the regular Pioneers, split into junior ranks (Grades 4 to 6) and senior ranks (Grades 7 to 9).

The OPJM counts a section of exploration and camping named "Explorers Pioneers Movement" (Movimiento de Pioneros Exploradores, MPE).^[1]

In 2001 it was elected to the Global 500 Roll of Honour of theUnited Nations Environment Programme for its environmental activities.^[2]

Its motto is: "Pioneers for communism: Let us be like Che!" (Pioneros para el comunismo: ¡Seamos como el Che!)

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  Members of José Martí Pioneer Organization, 1979
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  Old logo of the "Pioneers Explorers Movement", part of OPJM
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  Che's signature

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