Fullerton : Peace Day Planned for Cal State Fullerton

The Alliance for Survival, among other groups, is preparing for the first “Peace Day” ever held in north Orange County.

Films and discussions on subjects ranging from U.S. involvement in Central America to the forced relocation of American Indians will be presented Thursday at the Cal State Fullerton campus.

The program will begin at 12:15 p.m. with a screening of the film “Dark Circle” in the campus’s Little Theater. The film, which discusses the nuclear industry and radiation, will be repeated at 7 p.m.

At the same time, in Multipurpose Room B, the movie “El Salvador” will be shown, with “The Faces of War” following at 1:45 p.m. and “The Bombing of El Salvador” at 2 p.m. Other discussions and films on Central America will be presented throughout the day.

Janet Gordon, one of the founders and the director of the Downwinders, will speak at 1:35 and 6:50 p.m. at the Little Theater. Gordon heads a Utah group of victims of radiation from a Nevada nuclear test site.

At 2:45 p.m., Dr. Roger Dittman, a member of the U.S. Federation of Scientists, will debate Dr. Tom Heppenheimer, a fellow of the National Science Institute, on the Strategic Development Initiative plan.

American Indians from the Navajo and Hopi tribes will relate their experiences at 4 p.m.

Afterward, Truda Thompson of Physicians for Social Responsibility will lead a discussion about radiation and how it affects Orange County residents.

All programs are free, and the public is invited to the daylong event, which is sponsored by groups such as the Orange County Committee on Central America and Educators for Social Responsibility.