“Words and Poetry” Jersey City Event Honoring National Poetry Month
NJ, United StatesTo register for this virtual event, please CLICK HERE
To register for this virtual event, please CLICK HERE
Nimbus Dancers collaborate with Jersey City artist to create: People, Place, Disruption A collaborative work designed by Artistic Director Samuel Pott. People Place Disruption premieres on April 28th as a […]
New York University’s Tisch New Theatre (TNT) will be premiering Offstage, an original three-part digital concert on April 30th-May 2nd at 8 pm. Offstage will showcase a diverse range of […]
Art House Productions proudly presents the INKubator New Play Festival. The festival, which features emerging playwrights, will run Monday May 3 through Sunday, May 19, 2019 on Zoom This event is […]
The Kennedy Dancers, Inc. Summer Dance Day Camp is coming!!! July 6-August 13, 2021 Kennedy Dancers is so excited to announce that our In-Person Summer Dance Day Camp will […]
Art House Productions is accepting submissions for the Jersey City Community Song. Art House will create an original, digital community song with the theme “Life in the Pandemic and Beyond: […]
The Monira Foundation invites you to join them May 6th at 7pm to our 2nd Pocket Gala event featuring an intimate evening in the Jonas Mekas Studio. Over zoom we […]
The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs is a proud Sponsor of the Nimbus Arts Festival. TICKETS 7pm Drinks, Food, Arts Vendors8pm Performance: Nimbus Dance’s First Live Performance in over […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Jersey City Parks Coalition are excited […]
Join us on the steps of City Hall for a Magical Night of Singing and Art ! To watch the concert on YouTube, please CLICK HERE
Jersey City Ballet Theater will be performing a free concert at Enos Jones Park, Robert Clemente ball field, 237 Brunswick Street, Jersey City NJ . Jersey City Ballet Theater is […]
July 4th fireworks celebration Join us on the 4th of July at the waterfront for a day filled with local eats, shopping and music presented by Jersey City Night Market. […]
On View: July 5 – July 31 Reception: Tuesday, July 20, 6-8pm Viewing appointments are suggestedTo schedule please contact Greg Brickey at BrickeyG@jcnj.org
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.