Description & History
Code for Jersey City (CJC) is a hands-on
active local volunteer group that
collaborates with the JC government and
community partners to build new tools
that help with local civic issues. CJC
believes in public sector innovation
(including civic-tech) and strongly supports
digital-government projects (especially
involving open data, open source, and
open government). CJC is a program of
Open JC and an official Code for America
Brigade Chapter.
Our volunteers consist of over 375
technologists, data scientists, community
advocates, designers, developers,
journalists, educators, students,
government employees and more from
various corners of Jersey City and our
neighbouring cities representing a
rich diversity in culture, industry, and
experience. In order to build an ecosystem
that values free and open technologies
and processes, we operate in a way that is
inclusive and participatory of all people, and
in agreement with our Code of Conduct.
CJC meets regularly on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesday of every month to work on projects
and brainstorm on current civic issues
and activities around Jersey City. CJC
is the largest and leading technology
community in Jersey City as it provides a
great opportunity to both meet and network
with other like-minded members of the
community, in addition to taking action to
improve the city that we live in and share.
CJC is a vibrant and active community that
welcomes anyone interested in technology,
improving quality of life, or simply learning
more about Jersey City to join us at one of
our meetups.