LOVELIGHT SOUND MUSIC PRESENTS Unseen to Queen Experience - FREE Vocal Empowerment Workshop for Singers (Women 25+) Free Vocal Empowerment Workshop for Women at All The Smoke Studios Jersey City, NJ on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 4pm. R&B Singer and Television Host Alaura Lovelight is offering a FREE workshop for women who love to […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, Office of The Municipal Council, Office of the Cultural Affairs and the Mayor’s LGBTQ+ Taskforce were honored to present the 3rd Trans Pride Flag Raising for Transgender Day of Visibility held on Friday, March 31, 2023. As one of the most diverse cities in the country, the […]
The New Americana showcases a medley of breathtakingly physical, emotional, and musical performances rooted in the American experience: past, present, and future. The program features the highly anticipated world premiere of Dawn Marie Bazemore’s The New Tide, Darshan Singh Bhuller’s 2018 duet Dew Point 68, and Nimbus Artistic Director Samuel Pott’s critically-acclaimed Spring, set to […]
Katyn Forest Massacre Memorial Committee, Inc. (Not for Profit) together with Polish American Veterans Ass'n and the Polish American Congress will conduct a Memorial Service at the KATYN 1940 monument, Exchange Pl., Jersey City, N.J. on April 1st (Saturday) 2023 that will start at 3:00 PM to 5:00. Program will include patriotic songs, prayers, performance […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Municipal Council Office and the Office of Cultural Affairs were proud and honored to recognize The Whole Spectrum Autism Foundation, Smile Pre School Nursery and Historic Downtown Special Improvement District (HDSID) during the 2nd Autism Awareness Flag Raising Ceremony held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The Whole Spectrum Autism Foundation is a New […]
“The Division of Immigrant Affairs in Jersey City warmly welcomes you to attend a symposium entitled “Cities and Global Immigration” this Thursday, April 6th from 5-8 pm in the unforgettable rooftop Observatory conference room overlooking the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island. We are excited to have as speakers the International Organization for Migration (IOM), […]
Please join us at the Commuter Gallery for the exhibition of The Art of Uno (@444theartofuno), opening reception at the Commuter Gallery located at 15 Path Plaza, within the Journal Square Transportation Center, this Friday April 7th from 5:30pm-10pm.
Electrical Jungle at 304 Newark Avenue, Jersey City is pleased to present Acid Rain - a solo exhibit by Salvadoran born abstract expressionist artist Marisela Vanegas Alas. "With one taste, this neon flavoured fantasy will melt off your skin like morning dew on cotton candy..." The title of the featured collection is an allusion to […]
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.
