New Years Day
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today for New Year's Day. Thank you to our friends and partner organizations for helping to make 2018 a successful […]
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today for New Year's Day. Thank you to our friends and partner organizations for helping to make 2018 a successful […]
On Monday, January 7, 2019 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers for our 2019 Special Event Permitting & Planning Open House. During the Open House, […]
“Jersey City, New Jersey: Image and Narrative” During the month of December 2018 / January 2019, the Rotunda Gallery is set to feature a group exhibition highlighting Jersey City, New […]
The Office of Cultural Affairs and Hudson Pride Center are excited to partner together for a public scholar event, held at the Apple Tree House. The event, Beyond Bathrooms & […]
The Educational Arts Team, in partnership with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Free Public Library, invites young readers to participate […]
MEETING #1: Journal Square Engagement Workshop Hudson County Community College - STEM Building, 263 Academy St Tuesday, January 15, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
In partnership with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Free Public Library, the Educational Arts Team encourages readers to get […]
Join Speranza Theatre Company this January 16th through 19th from 7:30 - 9:00 pm for FOODIES! Presented by Speranza Theatre Company, hosted by Square 1 Community Eatery, FOODIES is an […]
The Educational Arts Team, in partnership with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Free Public Library, will host an engaging […]
The Educational Arts Team, in partnership with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Free Public Library, invites young readers to […]
North River Sing Community Chorus, a Jersey City-based group dedicated to show tunes and jazz standards, will be holding auditions for its Spring 2019 season on Sunday, January 20, 2019, […]
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today for New Year’s Day.
MEETING #2: Arts Community Engagement Workshop Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave Tuesday, January 22, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
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.