{"id":22842,"date":"2011-04-20T15:47:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T19:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=22842"},"modified":"2011-04-20T15:47:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T19:47:42","slug":"sierra-leonean-independence-day-parade-cultural-program-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=22842","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leonean Independence Day Parade &#038; Cultural Program &#8211; New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sierra Leonean Community of New Jersey (SLCNJ) in partnership with Hamilton Street Business &amp; Community Corporation (HSBCC) is hosting a day-long community celebration starting with a parade celebrating Sierra Leone\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup> Independence Day and finishing with a cultural program on Saturday, April 23, 2011, noon to 7PM.\u00a0 Assemblyman Upendra J Chivukula and Freeholder Mohamed S. Jalloh (son of Mr. Ben Jalloh \u2013 a native of Kabala in the Northern region of Sierra Leone) have been chosen to serve as Grand Marshalls. Mr. Jalloh made history by being the first African American with Sierra Leonean roots to hold the position of Freeholder in Union County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The festival will feature Sierra Leonean artistic exhibits, various ethnic group performances, children&#8217;s activities and ethnic foods. The goal is to showcase various aspects of African culture to the public.\u00a0 More than a thousand people are expected, including government officials, business executives, community leaders, foreign dignitaries, and cultural groups participating in this event. Eight percent of the population of Franklin Township is from Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Over 1,000 attendees are expected<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sierra Leonean Community of New Jersey<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Sierra Leonean Independence Day Parade &amp; Cultural Program<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0 Saturday, April 23, 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> \u00a0 Parade starts at Noon,\u00a0 Cultural Program at 2-7 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Parade starts at from Highland Avenue to Hamilton St, Somerset NJ<\/p>\n<p>Community event is at Naaman Williams Park at Matilda Ave., Somerset<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sierra Leonean Community of New Jersey (SLCNJ) in partnership with Hamilton Street Business &amp; Community Corporation (HSBCC) is hosting a day-long community celebration starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[745,1],"tags":[8018,8019,8020],"class_list":["post-22842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-and-entertainment","category-uncategorized","tag-hamilton-street-business-community-corporation","tag-independence-anniversary-celebrations","tag-sierra-leonean-community-of-new-jersey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}