The NJ State Council on the Arts will convene a brief public meeting, jointly hosted by Mana and the International Sculpture Center. The meeting will include Council committee reports, presentations by the meeting hosts, and announcement of the 2018 Individual Artist Fellowship recipients. Immediately following the meeting, the Council will conduct the third of four […]
Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday, is popularly recognized as honoring Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The day is sometimes understood as a celebration of the birthdays and lives of all U.S. presidents. The Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today.
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the Jersey City Arts Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are pleased to present SPRINGSTEEN & HIS LAYERED LYRICS A special lecture with Dr. Prudence Jones, Professor at Montclair University, as part of the NJCH's Public Scholars Project Wednesday, February 28, 7-9 PM Apple Tree […]
Spring is on the way, and Art House’s JC Fridays will kick off the season with 20 exciting visual and performing arts events! Come out and celebrate with this city-wide festival on Friday, March 2nd, 2018. Restaurants, galleries, stores, and event spaces throughout Jersey City will showcase a variety of art-related happenings including visual exhibitions, […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs present the WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH GROUP EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION Tuesday, March 13, 6-8 PM City Hall 280 Grove Street, 3rd Floor Rotunda View the artwork of 50 artists celebrating women, meet the artists, enjoy light fare and special […]
Dive into an intensive, hand-on workshop on effectively using social media, geared specifically towards individual artists and small arts organizations, with marketing expert Jamie Benson. Wednesday, March 7 | 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. NJCU School of Business FREE with RSVP. Click here to learn more.
CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH & WOMEN IN THE ARTS Community Awareness Series, presented by the Jersey City Free Public Library FREE PERFORMANCE at the Miller Branch Library Dr. Daisy Nelson Century presents "The Life & Times of Sojourner Truth" Sojourner Truth was a principal historical figure, a fierce abolitionist and one of the most well-known […]
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are pleased to present LEARNING NEW JERSEY...ONE BUILDING AT A TIME A special lecture with professor and historian Gabrielle Esperdy, as part of the NJCH's Public Scholars Project. Thursday, March 22, 7-9 PM Apple Tree […]
A special lecture commemorating Martin Luther King Jr's historic 1968 speech in Jersey City. Wednesday, March 28, 7-8:30 PM Apple Tree House 298 Academy Street Jersey City, NJ Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1968 speech at Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church in Jersey City, St. Peter's University Professor of History Dr. John Johnson will […]
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.
