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The Art Crawl Downtown focuses on a single, walkable neighborhood, bringing together arts events and exhibitions with local businesses, which offer discounts or other promotions for the Art Crawlers. Start your crawl at our headquarters located at 157A 1st Street, Jersey City NJ 07302
Join us on Saturday, April 20 for a Maker Space activity for families: Flavin in Motion, a collective art project in connection with the permanent art presentation of Dan Flavin. In this Maker Space activity, we will explore ways of seeing and drawing the space around us while incorporating elements in motion, in dialogue with […]
Dancing Tony of Rock-it Docket presents: The 13th Annual Pushing Up the Daisies Festival: An indie music festival and Fundraiser for and at The Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery Due to the weather forecast, this event will be held on Saturday May 18th BYOB IS NOT ALLOWED The Historic JC & Harsimus Cemetery, 435 […]
The Jersey City Ward Tour is Bike JC's largest event, with 3,000+ cyclists taking a 16-mile ride through all of Jersey City's wards. Now in its 13th year, the Ward Tour serves as Bike JC's largest fundraiser for our year-round advocacy, education, and programming. It's the biggest biking event in the state of New Jersey! […]
Act Now Foundation is thrilled to announce the return of the Brain Health & Community Resource Fair, in partnership with the Hudson County Department of Health and Human Services! Join us for a FREE day-long event dedicated to shining a spotlight on brain health and aging, while bringing together seniors, families, students, caregivers, and community […]
Gather the crew and mark your calendar!! Jul 20th Carrington Village is the place to be! The Annual Caribbean Festival in Jersey City. Join us as we celebrate Culture and Heritage on July 20th!! Family fun for all. FREE COMMUNITY EVENT. Kids Zone. Music. Food. Performers. Vendors! It’s all at the Village!! See you there! […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
