Dominican Flag Raising
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Juan Pablo Duarte Association, presents the Dominican Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Juan Pablo Duarte Association, presents the Dominican Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held […]
YOU'RE INVITED! Please join the Big Read team for a Kick-Off Celebration on Thursday, February 28 at 6p in City Hall Chambers. The evening will be an opportunity to meet […]
DT Gallery and artist Nachalie Rodriguez will host an opening reception for "Won Love," a solo exhibition. the exhibition will be on show February 26 - March 3. This event […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee presents the Irish Flag Raising. The […]
On Show: March 4 - 31, 2019 Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 27, 3:30 - 5:30 pm This exhibition and opening reception is free and open to the public. For more […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Progressive Ghanaian Association of JCNJ presents the Ghana Flag Raising. The flag raising […]
Please join Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs on Wednesday, March 6 for the City of Jersey City Women […]
Are you a part of the Arts Community? Join New Jersey City University in partnership with Jersey City Art & Culture, Jersey City Arts Council and Rising Tide Capital for a series of four, full-day educational business […]
In Honor of Womyn’s Herstory Month at NJCU and International Women’s Day Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non-Violence Presented by Black Alumni, Administrators, Faculty, Students and Staff Organization (BAAFSSO) […]
On Friday, March 8, Waterfront Montessori (WFM) will present The Immigrant Monologues at the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. The stage-play is written and performed by WFM Middle School students […]
JCFamilies and Wildly Fit are excited to host the JC Kids Obstacle Run 2019 on Saturday, March 9. Kids ages 4 - 12 years of age will explore fun and […]
Story Slams will showcase real-life stories on themes related to the Big Read novel, Station Eleven. Click here for more information.
On Sunday, March 10, the Jersey City St. Patrick's Day Parade will kick-off from Lincoln Park at 12:30 pm. The parade will march down to Journal Square and will be […]
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 […]
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.