NEA Big Read: Survival is Not Enough – Panel Discussion
“Survival is not Enough: Reflections on the Importance of the Arts & Humanities in the Modern World” Presented by the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, the Educational Arts Team, […]
“Survival is not Enough: Reflections on the Importance of the Arts & Humanities in the Modern World” Presented by the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, the Educational Arts Team, […]
On Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 pm, we're excited to welcome the Jersey City Writers for their Big Read event, "Survival is Insufficient." Please join us at the Apple Tree […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered […]
Story Slams will showcase real-life stories on themes related to the Big Read novel, Station Eleven. Click here for more information.
In it's inaugural season Shakespeare@ is excited to present the production of HAMLET, with performances beginning Thursday, March 28 at at Grace Church Van Vorst (39 Erie Street), 7:30 pm. Opening night is set […]
Speranza Theatre Company and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are excited to present Unveiling Liberty. Please join us on the weekend of March 29th at the Apple Tree […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered […]
Please join us on Wednesday, April 3 at 6:00 pm in welcoming Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven for the Big Read finale! This event will be held at the […]
Dickinson High School, in collaboration with McNair Academic High School, is proud to present their second annual student art exhibition in celebration of Autism Awareness Month. An opening reception will […]
Join Kennedy Dancers for an evening of international folk dance accompanied by educational lectures by Dr. William Westerman, to give us contextual backgrounds to these diverse and rich cultures, their […]
Art House Productions and NJCU Center for the Arts is excited to present Reg E Gaines, with Poet Laureate Rashad Wright: The Art of Spoken Word. Interactive Lecture and Performance at […]
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.