Jersey City Public School History Fair
Jersey City Public Schools will host its annual student history fair tonight at the Apple Tree House! For the first time ever, the event will take place at the historic, […]
Jersey City Public Schools will host its annual student history fair tonight at the Apple Tree House! For the first time ever, the event will take place at the historic, […]
Art House Productions’ JC Fridays will be holding its seasonal festival! Featuring art events that take place in restaurants, galleries, stores, and event spaces in almost every neighborhood of our […]
Artist & Maker Market brings in approximately 30 excellent vendors for a unique outdoor shopping experience at the Grove PATH Plaza! You will find local artisans with a wide variety […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Philippine-American Friendship Committee presents the Philippines Flag Raising. The […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, co-hosted by Pro Arts Jersey City is proud to host an opening […]
Mikhail Mazel, Russian poet, writer, Vice President of Russian Writers Club of New York, photographer, book and websites designer and developer is pleased to invite you to his 9th personal […]
All are welcome to join. The event is free and open to the public. On Saturday, June 8th., Jersey City and a team of community leaders welcome the 4th Annual Unity […]
"Worldwide Knit in Public Day - Jersey City" is a drop-in gathering for those who knit, spin & crochet. We want to promote interest in these crafts and awareness of […]
ESKFF presents "No Rules," an exhibition at Mana Contemporary (888 Newark Avenue). For more information for "Of Sight of Sound," an event open to the public on Sunday, June 9 […]
North River Sing Community Chorus Swingin' Concert Featuring Stylish Jazz Standards and Show Tunes Sunday, June 9, 2019, 4 p.m. Grace Church Van Vorst 39 Erie Street @ 2nd Street Free […]
Art House Productions (Meredith Burns, Executive Director, Xavier Padin, and Rich Kiamco, Producers) is proud to announce the second annual 6th Borough Comedy Festival (6BCF) from June 12 - 15. 6BCF […]
Come to the Grove PATH Plaza every Wednesday for an amazing, free, family friendly, weekly music series! The concert series features a wide variety of musicians, performers, local businesses and […]
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.