The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Indian Patriots of New Jersey, presents the Indian Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, August 17, 2020, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. Attendees from left to […]
Applications are Open Accepted August 15 - September 15, 2020 This is a brand new program. It spans the entire 2020-2021 season and, thanks to a grant from the Jersey City COVID-19 Relief Fund Committee and the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, provides the most substantial, up-front artists' resources of any program Smush Gallery has ever […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, presented the Pride Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. Attendees, left to right […]
The Art House Gallery is excited to present a virtual, multi-medium arts event! This multi- disciplinary virtual arts event, INTERSECTIONS: Pride + Prejudice + Pandemic, attempts to inhabit the interstitial space where lines intersect and borders are blurred between these three simultaneous occurrences- hopefully resulting in bringing us all a bit closer. This event will […]
Outdoor performance at Berry Lane Park, Jersey City, NJ 07304 August 21st at 7PM. To reserve your seats please visit Speranza Theatre Company Please adhere to the socially-distancing standards and wear a mask.
PRIDE PARTY - Get colorful and show your support for PRIDE by wearing your brightest rainbows and glitter! Harmonica Sunbeam will host 4 rounds of bingo online using Zoom. As in regular bingo, you can use the same board for all 4 games or buy more to increase your odds! Each round winner gets a […]
Dear Bingo Family, I am writing to tell you that 8/21 will be my last day hosting Friday night Virtual Drag Bingo with Harmonica Sunbeam with Art House. I'm leaving to pursue some new endeavors, but will cherish all the weeks of good times, funny moments, and all of you who've played, dressed to theme, […]
Join NJCU for an interactive talk and workshop with Arlene Chico-Lugo and Eric Aviles, co-founders of the Liberation Arts Collective. These critically acclaimed actors/teaching artists/writers have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of stories being told, including roles examining the Latino experience in the United States. This program is part of New Jersey City University's […]
Outdoor performance at Van Vorst Park, Jersey City, NJ 07302 August 22nd at 7PM. To reserve your seats please visit Speranza Theatre Company Please adhere to the socially-distancing standards and wear a mask.
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 Ukrainian Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, August 24, 2020, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. […]
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 socially-distancing standards and wear a mask.
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 wear a mask.
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 a mask.
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 league structure was formed under the guidance of Andrew "Rube" Foster, a former player, manager, and owner for the Chicago American Giants. In a meeting […]
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.
