CANCELLED: 2020 Permanent Student Art Collection
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED There is never a shortage of worrisome news. It is good to equip yourself and your loved ones with the personal resources […]
Gengis Don & The Empire w/ Keenyn Omari March 21 | 8pm Join us for Gengis Don’s final in-gallery concert as a More Sound Music Residency artist! Keenyn Omari opens. […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Please join us for the opening of the HER FIGHT HER VOTE Exhibition. Tuesday, March 24th 2020 at the historic Apple Tree […]
Bill T. Jones presents Curriculum, a shared exploration in going back to school; a study on how history provides perspective to contemporary conversations: what it means to be a global […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the American Hellenic […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Please join Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs on Thursday, March […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Thursday, March 26th at 7:00pm EST. Co-hosted by Art House Productions and No Dominion Theatre Co., this new virtual Story Slam series celebrates the power of live storytelling, resilience of […]
Cathedral Arts Live is Thrilled to Announce Our 2019-2020 Season! Mark your calendar and purchase your tickets today! Now in its fifth season, Cathedral Arts Live aims to create a […]
On Friday, March 27th at 8:00pm EST, join the staff at Art House and Jersey City's favorite Queen, Harmonica Sunbeam for a VIRTUAL DRAG BINGO extravaganza! Harmonica will host 4 […]
LOCAL JERSEY CITY YOUTH TO COMPETE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ® Jr. HOME RUN DERBY™ Roberto Clemente Little League will host a FREE Major League Baseball® JR. Home Run Derby™ […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Senegalese Community presents the Senegal Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held in City […]
Art House Productions (Executive Director Meredith Burns), with generous support from SILVERMAN, is pleased to announce “Saturday Night Online,” live, interactive stand up comedy each Saturday night from April 4th-25th […]
Co-hosted by Art House Productions & No Dominion Theatre Co., this new virtual Story Slam series celebrates the power of live storytelling, resilience of the arts and human connection during […]
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.