{"id":105648,"date":"2026-01-20T11:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105648\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:13:07","slug":"25-ways-to-get-more-involved-meet-new-people-in-jersey-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105648\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Ways to Get More Involved, Meet New People in Jersey City"},"content":{"rendered":"

In spring 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called attention to a problem of which Americans had been feeling the crushing weight for years: a nationwide loneliness crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Murthy released a surgeon general\u2019s advisory report <\/a>on the issue, titled \u201cOur Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,\u201d writing in an introductory letter that he believed loneliness posed a serious public health hazard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Komar is a Jersey City Times staff reporter who primarily covers K-12 and higher education. You can reach her at sarah.komar@jcitytimes.com or 347-644-8528 (call or text). Follow her on X @SarahEKomar,…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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