Election Day
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today in observance of Election Day. Please go vote!
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today in observance of Election Day. Please go vote!
Mayor Steven Fulop, The Jersey City Municipal Council and The Division of Veterans Affairs honors and celebrates our Veterans during a flag raising ceremony, to be held at City Hall […]
During the Month of November, the Rotunda Art Gallery is set to feature installments as part of a city-wide celebration of Veteran's Day. The show will feature installments by Jersey […]
As part of 2018 Apple Tree House lecture series, the Office of Cultural Affairs and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities welcomes guest speaker Ron Semple. In 1916, World […]
Mayor Steven Fulop, The Jersey City Municipal Council and The Division of Veterans Affairs presents the 4th Annual Parade of Veterans and Heroes, set to take place on Saturday, November […]
On Sunday, November 11 at 1pm, join The Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery during their annual “Honoring Our Heroes” Veterans Day Military & Musical Tribute in Harsimus Cemetery. (435 […]
Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans; that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces for all […]
The Apple Tree House provides free, weekly tours every Wednesday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Tours are open to the public, but availability and space per tour is limited. […]
The Hudson County Community College Department of Cultural Affairs launched its fall season with the WWI: Beyond Flanders Fields exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great […]
**CANCELLED due to the impending winter storm** Together with Hudson Pride Center, we have rescheduled this event for Thursday, January 10th. The Office of Cultural Affairs and Hudson Pride Center […]
Please Join Hudson Pride Center for Friendsgiving on Friday, November 16, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at City Hall, (280 Grove Street) This event is a FREE Dinner Event for […]
Join Art House Productions for an opening reception on Friday, November 16, 6:30 pm. The Jersey City Affordable Art Show features installments by 22 artists, with pieces for sale all […]
In conjunction with Journal Squared and Journal Square SID, Marketplace JC is joining forces to bring a curated selection of 20+ artisans, crafters, chefs and vintage sellers to the neighborhood. […]
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.