NJCU Photography Alumni Exhibition
New Jersey City University is proud to present a photography exhibition to celebrate the outstanding talents of NJCU alumni from the past 32 years who studied under recently retired Professor […]
New Jersey City University is proud to present a photography exhibition to celebrate the outstanding talents of NJCU alumni from the past 32 years who studied under recently retired Professor […]
The Apple Tree House provides free, weekly tours every Wednesday from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Tours are open to the public, but availability and space per tour is limited. […]
Jersey City Fashion Week is back! In its eighth season, JCFW is bringing high fashion to Jersey City this September. This month, designers, models, buyers and more are taking over […]
Exchange Place Alliance Special Improvement District and Riverview Jazz presents Jersey City PierFest, a FREE concert series held at J. Owen Grundy Pier. This event is free and open to […]
Art House Productions presents HOT WINTER, featuring Artist-in-Residence: Raven Taisce White Founder of the BIRDHOUSE Collective. HOT WINTER follows five humans as they struggle to understand one another, unifying in […]
Sgt. Anthony Park Neighborhood Association is excited to host their Fall Flea Market! Spaces on the day of the flea market will be on a first come, first served basis […]
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office has joined with Partners In Prevention and the Jersey City Coalition of Churches from the Arlington Park area will host Fresh Start in Arlington Park, […]
The Korean War Veterans of Hudson County presents the first-ever Jersey City Classic Car Show, which will take place in and around City Hall Plaza from 10:00 am - 4:00 […]
The Jersey City Art & Studio Tour, the Jersey City Arts Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs are pleased to feature arts development specialist Susan J Mumford for a […]
4th Annual Exchange Place House Music Explosion (on Christopher Columbus Drive, between Merseles and Brunswick Streets) Event contact: Sidewalk University/H.M.E. (201) 985-4990
The Jersey City Free Public Library is proud to present "Tales of Our Cities," the 10th Annual Book Festival. It’s that time of year when we gather to celebrate Jersey […]
As part of 2018 Apple Tree House lecture series, the Office of Cultural Affairs and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities welcomes Henry Hascup, president and historian of the […]
The Apple Tree House provides free, weekly tours every Wednesday from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Tours are open to the public, but availability and space per tour is limited. […]
DT 234 Gallery is proud to recognize women in the arts, both locally and nationally! This group exhibition, which will run from September 27 - October 25, 2018, features artists […]
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.