What:

Hundreds of Cal State Northridge students and faculty will march from the university to the city of San Fernando in one segment of a 241-mile long March for Peace, inspired by Mahatma Ghandi's 241-mile, non-violent Salt March to end British Imperialism in India. The CSUN segment, sponsored in part by the university's Department of Chicana/o Studies Department, will be 10 miles.

The marchers hope to call attention to their opposition to the war in Iraq. The first leg of the March for Peace began on March 12 in Tijuana, Mexico. The official trek is expected to end on March 27 in San Francisco.

When & Where:

9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 20, 2006
9-10:45 a.m.--Rally in front of CSUN's Oviatt Library>
11-noon--March 3 miles each on Nordhoff St. to Haskell Ave.>
noon-1 p.m.--Rest stop at Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society Church, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills>
1-3:30 p.m.--March to San Fernando High School via Haskell, Lassen St., Sepulveda Blvd, Brand Blvd. and Laurel Canyon Blvd.>
3:30-4:15 p.m.--March from high school to Cesar Chavez Park via O'Melveny St., Brand, San Fernando Rd., Mission Blvd. and Truman St.>
4:14 to 6:30 p.m.--Rally and speeches at park, 208 Park Ave., San Fernando

Hundreds of CSUN and high school students and community members
Fernando Suarez de Solar, who lost a son in Iraq
Pablo Paredes, Navy war resister who was court martialed for refusing to go to Iraq
Camilo Mejia, Iraq war veteran who was jailed for refusing to return to Iraq
Aidan Delgado, served at Abu Gharib prison and now conscientious objector to the Iraq war
Dolores Huerta, a founder of the United Farmer Workers (at the rally)

SFV March for Peace coordinator, Rosa Furumoto, Asst. Professor, Chicana/o Studies, cell (818) 472-1280
Media coordinator, Selena Salas, cell (818) 259-4294
Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN Public Relations, (818) 677-2130