The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by The Ukrainian National Home/The Ukrainian Community Center, presented the […]
Outdoor performance at Apple Tree House 298 Academy Street, Jersey City, N.J. 07306 August 26th at 7PM. To reserve your seats please visit Speranza Theatre Company Please adhere to the […]
Outdoor performance at Leonard Gordon Park, Jersey City, NJ 07307 August 27th at 7PM. To reserve your seats please visit Speranza Theatre Company Please adhere to the socially-distancing standards and […]
Outdoor performance at Audubon Park, Jersey City, NJ 07305 August 28th at 7PM. To reserve your seats please visit Speranza Theatre Company Please adhere to the socially-distancing standards and wear […]
Saturday, August 29th at 3:00pm Featuring Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) with Brian LoPinto, President of Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium In 1920, an organized baseball […]
VOTES FOR WOMEN IS BACK! Join Speranza Theatre Company for VOTES FOR WOMEN, a one-act play written by Jennie Contuzzi. It's 1913, and, thousands of women gather in Washington, D.C.. […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of the Cultural Affairs recognized the week of September 7th to 12th , 2020 as CHRISTIAN’S […]
Curated by Kristin DeAngelis, Curator for SILVERMAN Buildings and Midori Yoshimoto, Gallery Director and Associate Professor of Art History, New Jersey City University Opening Reception: Due to COVID19 restrictions, a […]
On Friday, September 11, Virtual JC Fridays will take place on Zoom! All participating venues will come together in one online event showcasing all that Jersey City has to offer, […]
Hispanic Heritage Month takes place between September 15 to October 15 every year as a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are proud to announce The Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition On display September 15 to October 15th, at […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affair do hereby recognize the 210th Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence in […]
NJCU Center for the Arts, Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, Jersey City Arts Council and Rising Tide Capital host a bi-weekly call for artists and arts organizations. We will […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs were proud and honored to recognize the Consulado de El Salvador […]
Make your own mini Puppet Theater with your children! Join us for an outdoor, engaging workshop full of stories, drawings, and shared creativity! This year, parents are more involved than […]
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.
