I grew up viewing Star Trek influenced by what Trek pictured the future could be.
Humankind, in cooperation with other alien civilizations, explored the Galaxy on ships like the USS Enterprise doing good where possible. Star Trek is a view of what humanity could be if we were brave and vibrant however likewise understanding and kind– us at our best.
Recently our 21st century world has actually been … well … a tough place to be– harder for some than others. What if the Star Trek fandom could take some motivation from that thought of future to make modification in the present? This weekend is a chance to make it so with “TrekTalks”– a livestream telethon featuring an amazing lineup of Star Trek cast and team to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition starting tomorrow (January 15th) at 11:45 am Pacific Time and going to 7:45 pm PT
TrekTalks livestream link
TrekTalks is a collaborative charity event in between the TrekGeeks Podcast and Roddenberry Podcast networks. The occasion will be streamed to Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter where you can see and comment live. The unbelievable guest list– a Trek fan dream– consists of Jonathan Frakes, John de Lancie, Gates McFadden, Adam Nimoy, Michael and Denise Okuda, John Billingsley Jeri Ryan, and Robert Picardo to call a few. The events recipient, the Hollywood Food Coalition, was founded in 1987 with the “objective to serve a meal every night of the year, with definitely no barriers to service” and has actually done so for 34 years. The organization serves over 60,000 meals to food-insecure and low-income people in Hollywood, CA each year.
The streams schedule features a wide array of panels like talk with cast members of Deep Space Nine, Star Trek and the European Space Agency hosted by Star Trek science consultant Dr. Erin Macdonald, and a take a look at the new animated Star Trek series.
” I think this is the kind of thing that Star Trek fandom is wired for. Weve been told for years that “the needs of the many outweigh the requirements of the few,” and there are numerous people we can truly help by raising cash for the Hollywood Food Coalition. Theyre an amazing organization that can and need to function as an example for other cities all over the world.”- William Smith, Co-Founder TrekGeeks, Producer TrekTalks
Among the panels will be moderated by yours genuinely! The panel is called “Trektivism” and will explore other real-life social change efforts undertaken by several Star Trek cast/community members consisting of Armin Shimerman (Quark DS9 ), Chase Masterson (Leeta DS9), John Bilinglsey (Phlox ENT), and Rod Roddenberry (The Roddenberry Foundation) whose efforts vary from enhancing access to essential medications, to an anti-bullying network, to climate modification initiatives, to a brand-new Trek-led project against pancreatic cancer. I will get to share a few of the non-profit work I do supporting an employment centre in Sierra Leone. As I will not likely ever get to go to area, Ive always believed of this work in Sierra Leone as my way of making our present more like the future as imagined in Star Trek.
Tune in tomorrow for a whole day of Trek and please consider making a contribution to the Hollywood Food Coalition as well as check out the other initiatives by visitors in the “Trektivism” panel. Full schedule of occasions can be discovered here:
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Star Trek is a view of what humankind might be if we were brave and also empathetic but vibrant and kind– us at our best.
What if the Star Trek fandom could take some motivation from that thought of future to make modification in the present?” I believe this is the kind of thing that Star Trek fandom is wired for. The panel is called “Trektivism” and will check out other real-life social modification initiatives undertaken by several Star Trek cast/community members consisting of Armin Shimerman (Quark DS9 ), Chase Masterson (Leeta DS9), John Bilinglsey (Phlox ENT), and Rod Roddenberry (The Roddenberry Foundation) whose efforts range from improving access to necessary medicines, to an anti-bullying network, to climate change initiatives, to a new Trek-led campaign against pancreatic cancer. As I wont likely ever get to go to space, Ive always thought of this work in Sierra Leone as my method of making our present more like the future as thought of in Star Trek.
More to Explore
Hollywood Food Coalition
Trek Against Pancreatic Cancer
The Roddenberry Foundation
Trek Geeks Podcast Network
Roddenberry Podcasts
With the First Link (My Star Trek: TNG Podcast on the TrekGeeks Network!).
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