✨ Announcing the Bergen Lafayette Bazaar! ✨ Shop amazing handmade crafts, artisan foods, unique finds from jewelry to dog apparel, NJ merch to captivating books, oddities, and more! Every purchase helps support local businesses. UPDATED DATE (RESCHEDULED DUE TO RAIN) Join us on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH FROM 3-7PM at our hosts @cafelafayettejc in Jersey […]
TEXT-FOR-POEM Closing Reception and Reading Sept 13 | Doors 6p, Reading 6:30p Free! Donations appreciated Join us for the TEXT-FOR-POEM Closing Reception and Reading, part of JC Fridays! Celebrate the closing of this city-wide poetry project, hear readings from participating poets, and meet other poetry lovers. Doors at 6pm, Reading begins promptly at 6:30pm. Learn […]
Bergen Square Day is festival of cultural heritage in historic Bergen Square (Bergen Avenue and Academy Street). This family-friendly festival will feature activities and performances for all ages, including live bands, a deejay, dancing, tours of local historic sites, local food and merchant vendors.
Riverview Jazz and the Exchange Place Alliance present the first annual Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The festival is a free, all-ages event, bringing people together from all backgrounds, fostering a sense of community and unity.
Join us for our annual Ukrainian Fall Festival 🇺🇦 Enjoy a delightful concert, delicious food, and dozens of vendors! FREE admission and fun for the whole friendly
Join us one day or both, 10 AM - 2 PM: Sat., Sept 14 & Sun., Sept 15. Many trees in Pershing Field Park have the potential to live up to 80, 90, or even 200 years. But for them to get there they need your help. No experience necessary, we'll show you what to […]
Celebrate Base’s 11 years in Jersey City! Start with a 45-minute strength class at 10 AM with Jaimee and Sam, then flow into yoga at 11 AM with Mandy. Bring your own mat and a friend—open to the public! Enjoy beats BY DJ OUTLAW, Hudson River views, and good vibes. We’re partnering with York Street […]
Art lovers and community members are invited to Art Crawl Journal Square, happening on Saturday, September 21st, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The event kicks off at two main hubs: SMUSH Gallery (340 Summit Avenue) and Mana Contemporary (888 Newark Avenue). The Art Crawls are free self-guided tours of Jersey City's culturally vibrant neighborhoods! […]
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.
