I was inspired by what Trek imagined the future could be.
Poverty, disease, and war had been done away with by Earth. In cooperation with other alien civilizations, the GALAXY was explored on ships like the USS ENTERPRISE. Medical aid, crisis relief, and diplomatic missions. If we were brave and bold, but also kind, we could be Star Trek.
Our 21st century world has been hard for some people. What if the Star Trek fans could take inspiration from that imagined future to make changes in the present? The Hollywood Food Coalition will benefit from the Star Trek cast and crew's telethon tomorrow, January 15th, at 11:45am Pacific Time and running to 7:45pm Pacific Time.
The link to the livestream of TrekTalks.
TrekTalks is a way for the TrekGeeks and RoddenberryPodcast networks to raise money. You can watch and comment live on the event on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Jonathan Frakes, John de Lancie, Gates McFadden, Adam Nimoy, Michael andDenise Okuda, John Billingsley Jeri Ryan, and Robert Picardo are just a few of the Trek fans who are on the guest list. The Hollywood Food Coalition was founded in 1987 with the mission to serve a meal every night of the year with no barriers to service and has done so for 34 years. The organization serves over 60,000 meals to low-income and food-insecure people in Hollywood, CA each year.
The schedule features panels with cast members of Deep Space Nine, Star Trek and the European Space Agency, as well as a look at the new animated Star Trek series.
This is the kind of thing that Star Trek fans are wired for. We have been told for decades that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and that we can help many people by raising money for the Hollywood Food Coalition. They should serve as an example for other cities around the world.
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William Smith is a producer of TrekTalks.
One of the panels will be moderated by you! The panel is called "Trektivism" and will explore other real-life social change initiatives undertaken by several Star Trek cast/community members. I will be sharing some of the non-profit work that I do. I have always thought of this work as a way of making our present more like the future as imagined in Star Trek, as I won't likely ever get to go to space.
Tomorrow will be a day of Trek and you can make a donation to the Hollywood Food Coalition as well as check out the other initiatives by guests in the panel. The full schedule of events can be found here.
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