NEA Big Read: Hook the Book – Main Library/Biblioteca Criolla
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, will host an engaging […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, Council President Rolando R. Lavarro, the Office of Cultural Affairs and the Division of Economic Development JC presents Sister Cities Signing […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Bakka Corp., the Egyptian Festival Committee and the Egyptian American Community presents the […]
DT 234 Gallery is excited to present ASIA STORES II, a solo show featuring artist Frederic Paul. An art reception will be held on Friday, January 25, from 6:00 - […]
In partnership with Chicago Dancemakers Forum and Montom Arts, Body + Camera presents a broad spectrum of contemporary work in experimental, dance, and performance film, and includes special thematic screenings. […]
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 […]
An evening of open studios and special projects from artists at Mana Contemporary. Featuring contributions from Mana’s New Media Program, plus the film forum Body + Camera 2019: The Un/Certain […]
Join Art House Productions and presenting sponsor SILVERMAN for their 13th Annual Snow Ball Gala on Saturday, January 26, 2018 from 7:00 - 12:00 am, with VIP beginning at 6:00 […]
Please join New Jersey City University Galleries on Wednesday, January 30 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm for an opening reception of Uncharted Space featuring work by Gianluca Bianchino. This event […]
Meeting #3: Community Engagement Workshop City Hall, Council Chambers Wednesday, January 30, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The ColemanCollective presents a culminating event following their participation in the Mana Performance Residencies program, in partnership with Brooklyn-based artist-run space Secret Project Robot. The social evening will feature a […]
Please join Mayor Steven M. Fulop, Councilwoman at Large Joyce Watterman, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs to celebrate Black History Month. This event is […]
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 […]
Pro Arts Jersey City is excited to present "For the Love of It All," a juried show of visual art that illustrates the struggle between artists and their work. Each […]
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 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.