The Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) launches the second episode of the new talk series, “Black Space,” an ongoing series of intimate and candid conversations exploring the experiences of a diverse group of black artists in the world today. The talks are led by Ashley Nicole Baptiste, JCTC’s Associate Artistic Director. Baptiste will lead […]
Jersey City Writers Presents a Crash Course in Characters On Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 pm, the Jersey City Writers will hold a Crash Course in Characters. This three-hour webinar covers everything a fiction writer needs to know about creating, describing, and developing the element at the heart of every good story: characters. This […]
No issue that embodies the definition of global crisis more than climate change. From the unpopulated polar ice sheets of Antarctica to the megacities of the world, and everywhere in between, climate change poses a threat to life on earth as we know it. Throughout the duration of the exhibition, Mana Contemporary will host and […]
Special Offer - Virtual Book Club Virtual Visit The author will have a virtual visit with your book club. This will be scheduled with your club once the donation is paid All proceeds from the event go directly to supporting Save Ellis Island's mission to restore the 29 buildings in the Historic Hospital Complex. For […]
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Join Dr. Swapnil Rai for a lecture on the representation of women and women's agency from the 1950's to contemporary Bollywood. For more information please CLICK HERE
Photography by Christian Gallo presented by SMUSH Gallery
Come Together in Celebrating Holidays Around the World Virtual Poetry Event As a Community, You Can Simultaneously Share in this Event
Celebrate Women's Rights by joining Speranza Theatre Company on Saturday, March 26th at City Hall, 280 Grove Street, Council Chambers, Jersey City, NJ. In celebration of Women's History Month, all are welcome to join Speranza for a mosaic craft project (inspired by Alice Paul), followed by a LIVE and in-person screening of our VOTES FOR WOMEN film, a short documentary, and […]
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.
