WE ARE OFFICIALLY INFORMING OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT the 63Rd annual JERSEY CITY PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE IS on THIS YEAR!
WE ARE excited to move forward in CELEBRATION OF OUR amazing CULTURE!!
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jcprhac SCHOLARSHIP
63RD aNNUAL
JERSEY CITY PUERTO RICAN day PARADE
Honoring our High School Graduates with the opportunity to Earn a Scholarship for their chosen College!!
please download the application and rules for submissions.
All applicants must submit their essays by april 30th.
3 lucky graduates will receive a scholarship!!
Congratulations and good luck to all!!
Any further questions please email us at jcprhac@gmail.com!
| jcpr_scholarship_app.pdf |
2023 ELECTIONS FOR 2025-2027
DATE: DECEMBER 11, 2022
TIME: 6:30PM
LOCATION: MS#7
222 LAIDLAW AVENUE
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07307
annual jcprhac meeting scheduled for
2023 - WEDNESDAYS @ 5:00 PM (virtually)
location: waverly ave, jersey city, nj
jcprhac committe meetings
jersey city, nJ
5:00pm
(EVERY WEDNESDAY virtually)
board member meeting
jersey city, nj
5:30pm
(2nd & 4th Monday)
About the Jersey City Puerto Rican Heritage Festival & Parade
Founded in 1961 out of a need for cultural identification by Rafael Rodriguez, Diego Berrios, Juan Benitez, Primitivo Valle, Rafael Bou and Santiago Bonilla, the group organized the first Puerto Rican Day Parade in Jersey City.
Its 61st year history has grown from a small marching group into what is considered to be the largest parade celebrating Puerto Rican culture in New Jersey. A yearlong event in the planning, this cultural affair includes events that celebrate the diversity of Puerto Rican culture and its influence through Culinary Arts, Artisans, Bomba & Plena, Dance, Percussion, Poetry, Music and Pageantry, to name a few.
The destruction to Puerto Rico caused by hurricane season in 2017 has made it vital to honor the strength and resilience of the Puerto Rican people. It's especially fitting to acknowledge the light and the fight in their spirit. After hurricane Maria, the lights in Puerto Rico Shine stronger. It is a light force within its people that shines, it’s the resilience of the Puerto Rican community. They are a family of people striving and working to make enhance and restore their lives by reinventing themselves and following the light within them.
Founded in 1961 out of a need for cultural identification by Rafael Rodriguez, Diego Berrios, Juan Benitez, Primitivo Valle, Rafael Bou and Santiago Bonilla, the group organized the first Puerto Rican Day Parade in Jersey City.
Its 61st year history has grown from a small marching group into what is considered to be the largest parade celebrating Puerto Rican culture in New Jersey. A yearlong event in the planning, this cultural affair includes events that celebrate the diversity of Puerto Rican culture and its influence through Culinary Arts, Artisans, Bomba & Plena, Dance, Percussion, Poetry, Music and Pageantry, to name a few.
The destruction to Puerto Rico caused by hurricane season in 2017 has made it vital to honor the strength and resilience of the Puerto Rican people. It's especially fitting to acknowledge the light and the fight in their spirit. After hurricane Maria, the lights in Puerto Rico Shine stronger. It is a light force within its people that shines, it’s the resilience of the Puerto Rican community. They are a family of people striving and working to make enhance and restore their lives by reinventing themselves and following the light within them.