Alex Grubard and Nate Marshall a monthly stand-up comedy night at Pet Shop in Downtown Jersey City for FIVE YEARS! These two friends met while living in Pennsylvania and when they moved to Chilltown they speedily started this free stand-up comedy show at one of the coolest bars in the entire state, Pet Shop! The […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Municipal Council Members and the Office of Cultural Affairs were proud and honored to recognize The Egyptian Festival Committee and the Egyptian American community on the 12th Anniversary of Egypt’s Revolution Day during the Flag Raising Ceremony on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. National Anthems of both […]
Alex Grubard, comedian and game show icon, runs thirty minutes of stand-up at the Jokenoise Thursday comedy night at Serendipity Loft at 121 Newark Avenue (3rd Floor), just above the pedestrian plaza! See Alex get experimental with all the material he's written since releasing his debut stand-up album in 2021. Grubard has appeared on Comedy […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, the Municipal Council Members and the Office of Cultural Affairs were proud and honored to celebrate the African American History Month during the flag raising on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. African American History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States. It was first recognized in 1976 as an expansion of Negro History Week, […]
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Attendees: Councilman James Solomon, Councilwoman Mira-Prinz-Arey and Councilman Richard Boggiano welcomed Rochelle-R E Magno of The Lash Gallery and president of Glamming the Warrior in hoisting the Cancer Awareness Flag along with the following honorees. Hank Hynson of A1 Nails Salon Mi Hwang Oh of A1 Nails Salon Keely B of Sëcur Shaleek Stewart of […]
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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.
