The Jersey City Restaurant Association is hosting its annual Restaurant Week January 23rd – February 5th 2022. Experience local restaurants with takeout and contactless delivery as well as in-person promotions- JC Food businesses need your support now more than ever!. We’ve got a host of restaurants offering a wide range of cuisines all over Jersey […]
The Kennedy Dancers Professional Repertory Company, based in Jersey City, NJ, is happy to announce their Summer performance series for 2022. The company has been working tirelessly under the direction of Diane Dragone and her assistant Kat Reese, in preparation for four live performances around Jersey City. Our company performers are Dree Dray, Abigail Dias, […]
Stand with Sam began in 2021 to raise awareness for Domestic Violence in our community. Walking in Lincoln Park to honor my niece Samantha Irizzary who was a victim of Domestic Violence. There will also be a free boxing/self defense course by the water fountain in Lincoln Park. Finally we will have guest speakers to […]
Join the new SvnO1 Community events space for our first community event. Our Children's Halloween Party with treats, games, and light show!
Tickets can be found here https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/center-for-the-arts-njcu/63bc38fa98c4df0e3f02232b This event was pieced together by the French composer-scenographer Jean-François Alcoléa who brings to life the cinematographic works of George Méliès. Georges Méliès was a French illusionist film director inventive pioneer emblematic and brilliant entertainer who in a few short years revealed the extent of his visionary genius. Turner […]
This event showcases Cheryl Gross' paintings of women boxers and cowgirls. The show is a series that depicts women empowerment. Opening reception: March 15 from 5-8 PM. Artist talk March 16 from 1 to 2 PM. New Jersey City University Hepburn Hall/ Lemmerman Gallery 2039 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305
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.
