ART150, a collective of over 20 artists living and working at 150 Bay Street, the historic landmark building in the heart of downtown Jersey City’s Powerhouse Arts District (PAD), will hold a public group art exhibition the weekend of May 5th & 6th, 12:00-6:00 PM This is a free event. ART150 represents the fulfillment of […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs present the ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH GROUP EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION Tuesday, May 8, 6-8 PM City Hall 280 Grove Street, 3rd Floor Rotunda View the artwork of talented regional artists, meet the artists and enjoy […]
Downtown 234 Gallery is proud to present the unique works by Andres Maldonado Cortes. Guatemalan born mixed media collage artist. Whose work consist of the breakdown of popular culture through digital art. Deconstructing and manipulating images by the application of texture. Creating a depth of feel in an otherwise still popular culture. Influences include Willem De […]
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are pleased to present UrbEx 101: Investigating Abandoned New Jersey A special lecture with historian Luke Boyd, as part of the NJCH’s Public Scholars Project. Thursday, May 10 7-9 PM, lecture to commence @ 7:30 PM Apple Tree House 298 […]
May 11th – June 29th 2018, Opening Reception May 11th, 7pm-9pm ProArts Jersey City announces “Momentum” a multi-media art show which will be on view at Nimbus Dance Works located on Columbus and Barrow Streets, Jersey City. “Momentum” will feature a variety of ProArts artists who work in a range of media from painting, wood, […]
The Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy Presents a Historic Walk: Learn about the architecture and history of the Lafayette neighborhood. Tour begins at the Lafayette Park band shell. Click here to reserve your spot.
A supportive board of directors is behind almost every successful non-profit. Building a Board and keeping them engaged and on track is work – but well worth the effort! This panel will provide you with insights from non-profit arts administrators of failures and successes towards “getting the board onboard.” Wednesday, May 16 | 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. […]
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.
