Leonard Gordon Park Easter Egg Hunt
The Leonard Gordon Park Conservancy's 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Leonard Gordon Park is set to take place on Saturday, May 4 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. Registration […]
The Leonard Gordon Park Conservancy's 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Leonard Gordon Park is set to take place on Saturday, May 4 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. Registration […]
New York Road Runners is expanding into New Jersey! The New York Road Runners will be launching the NYRR Newport Fiesta 5K, which offers a unique race with an expansive […]
The Jersey City Jazz Festival and the 6th Borough Comedy Festival have teamed up to produce a Star Wars Day at FM Jersey City (340 Newark Avenue) on May 4, starting […]
Please join the Jersey City Ballet Theater on May 5 at the Grace Van Vorst Church from 4:00 - 6:00 pm for a special preview of their Fall formal program. […]
On Wednesday, May 8 at the Hamilton Square North Condos from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, SILVERMAN presents Layered and on Edge by Lauren Schwartz. The exhibition will be on view […]
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The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey presents the […]
Join the Journal Square Community Association for an evening of art, music and mingling at the stunning Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre. The proceeds from this fundraiser will help support JSQ-CA's […]
Pro Arts Jersey City and the IECC Center for the Arts at Casa Colombo presents "Curators Choice 2019" an exhibition featuring 9 artists selected by professional curators during a one-day […]
The City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Muslim Community are excited to present the Inter-Faith Ramadan Iftar celebration. […]
Art House Productions proudly presents the INKubator New Play Festival. The festival, which features eight emerging playwrights, will run Friday May 10 through Sunday, May 12, 2019. This event is open […]
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JCFamilies presents a Mother’s Day Celebration in Hamilton Park on Friday, May 10, from 4:00 - 7:00 pm, including entertainment, music and vendors! This event is open to the public, but requires […]
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.