The City of Jersey City is proud to honor the Jersey City Columbus Day Parade Committee and the Italian American community as we celebrate the Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month during the Flag Raising ceremony on Monday, October 5, 2020. Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the City Council Members and the Office of Cultural Affairs recognize the significant contributions of the […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Jersey City were proud to honor Copa Maribel Cancer Events, Inc. as we recognize the 2nd Annual Childhood Cancer Awareness during the Flag Raising Ceremony on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at City Hall Balcony. We urged all our […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs were proud and honored to recognize the Consulado de El Salvador en New Jersey and the Salvadorian Leadership United on the 199th Anniversary of El Salvador’s Independence during the Flag Raising ceremony on Thursday, September 17, […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are proud to announce The Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition On display September 15 to October 15th, at the City Hall Rotunda Gallery, 2nd floor Visit www.jerseycityculture.org for updates Viewing the art exhibition is by appointment only Please mail brickeyg@jcnj.org to schedule Image: Athena Toleda, […]
Hispanic Heritage Month takes place between September 15 to October 15 every year as a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the American Latino community. Beginning in 1968, Hispanic Heritage Month was originally observed as “Hispanic Heritage Week” under President Lyndon Johnson, but it was […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop, Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of the Cultural Affairs recognized the week of September 7th to 12th , 2020 as CHRISTIAN’S CHILDREN OF FAITH WEEK in Jersey City during the Flag Raising Ceremony on September 8, 2020 with the objective of spreading a message of peace […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, presented the Pride Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. Attendees, left to right […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Indian Patriots of New Jersey, presents the Indian Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, August 17, 2020, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. Attendees from left to […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Centro De Residentes Bolivianos En New Jersey, presents the Bolivian Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, August 6, 2020, from 1:00pm to 1:30pm. Attendees […]
Taste of Culture is our 4th Annual event that aims to feature and celebrate the cultural and ethnic diversity of Jersey City through the different cultural performances and ethnic food. Jersey City is named again and again as the number one most diverse city in the country. Please join us on Monday, May 13 at […]
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.
