This year’s festival continues its diverse musical taste with Americana, Folk, Gospel/Soul, New Orleans Jazz/Brazilian and traditional Celtic music. Along with 10 performing groups, Hudson West Fest has gorgeous stage backdrops - original art creations. Wonderful, homemade foods, including Afghan and Eritrean, will be served and a bar is available for drinks. As always, the […]
Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund Committee Public Notice: VIRTUAL MEETING Pursuant to the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231 of the Sunshine Law, the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund Committee will hold a Virtual Meeting on Thurs, September 28 at 5:45pm. VIRTUAL MEETING ACCESS AND PARTICIPATON INSTRUCTIONS […]
Education Fair in Jersey City: Schools in Jersey City Only fair in Jersey City, where you can get information about & speak to the representatives of primary Schools, Day Cares & Activity Centers in & around Jersey City & Hoboken. Pre-k public schools, Private Schools, Daycares, Activity Centers, Charter Schools & Public Schools will participate […]
National Public Lands Day at the Miller Branch Library at 489 Bergen Avenue starting at two pm. Please join us for a wonderful discussion on the importance of our public urban green spaces and parks.
Steven M. Fulop, Mayor of The City of Jersey City, is proud to recognize New Jersey’s Blindness Awareness Month on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 during our flag raising ceremony and urge all our residents to publicly reaffirm our City’s strong and continuing commitment to enhancing awareness about ways to prevent, treat and cure blindness and […]
The Annual Egyptian Festival is Saturday, October 7, 2023 from twelve pm to six pm at Journal Square Path Plaza. There will be food, music, vendors and activities for children.
The Columbus Day Parade is October 7th from one pm to three pm. The parade marches down Newark Avenue from Dickinson High School to Jersey Avenue.
Join us Saturday, October 7th from three pm to nine pm as we celebrate small business and everything chill about Chilltown. Eat delicious international bites, shop from our local artists & artisans, and dance as our DJs bring the energy! The Event is: FREE to Enter Open to the Public Family Friendly Pet Friendly Every […]
A panel discussion on domestic violence in the Hispanic community on Wednesday, October eleventh from five thirty pm to eight O'clock pm in City Hall Council Chambers. Food and beverages will be provided.
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.
