JC Families presents the 2019 JC Fitness Fair
Join JC Families on Saturday, May 18 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm for the 4th annual JC Fitness Fair in Jersey City! This is an opportunity to meet local […]
Join JC Families on Saturday, May 18 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm for the 4th annual JC Fitness Fair in Jersey City! This is an opportunity to meet local […]
The 5th Annual Hudson County Lupus Walk will be be held in Lincoln Park on Saturday, May 18. Registration to start at 10:00 am and the walk begins 12:00 pm. […]
The City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, the Journal Square SID, the Bergen Square Historic Society and the Journal Square Community Association are excited to […]
Celebrate Jersey City’s dynamic food scene and enjoy a delicious three-course dinner in one of our beautiful parks - this Saturday, May 18 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Jersey […]
Please join the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy on May 19, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Froth on Franklin for a presentation about America’s first internationally renowned writer, Washington Irving, […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by Emergency Medical Services of Jersey City presents the Emergency […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Guyanese-American Community presents the Emergency Medical Services Flag Raising. […]
Join WORD Bookstores in welcoming Elizabeth Flint, intuitive healer, yoga/meditation teacher and author, on May 16, 23 and 30 for a 3-part Chakra Balancing Series. During the session, learn how […]
"IRREVERENT" is the show that approaches the struggle of artists to consider art as a “verb” without repression by bigotry, politics or any kind of insinuation and presumption. IRREVERENT combines […]
On Sunday, May 26 from noon - 5:00 pm, please join us for the 4th Annual Fleet Week at Liberty State Park (1 Audrey Zapp Drive). This outstanding event activates […]
The Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, May 27. Normal business hours will resume the following day.
Join WORD Bookstores in welcoming Elizabeth Flint, intuitive healer, yoga/meditation teacher and author, on May 16, 23 and 30 for a 3-part Chakra Balancing Series. During the session, learn how […]
The Jersey City Jazz Festival will take place May 31 - June 9, 2019. Formerly known as the Riverview Jazz Festival, the 10-day celebration will begin with an opening party […]
Gotta Go Gaming and The Royal Men Foundation are excited to host the 2019 All You Can Tournament, a gaming competition (Street Fighter). The event will feature live entertainment, food […]
COME ONE, COME ALL! STEP UP AND HAVE A BALL! SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST UNDER THE BIG TOP 317 THIRD STREET 10:00 AM - 2:00 pm FEATURING A BOUNCE HOUSE, FACE […]
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.