TrekTivism

In our special Trek the Vote episode, Heather Rae Barker interviews Emily Levy, founder and director of Scrutineers, an action-oriented, nonpartisan online community working for USA election fairness & transparency.

Heather and Emily talk about the history of the organization and how they help educate, train, and mobilize nonpartisan election scrutineers.

For more information or to donate to Scrutineers: https://scrutineers.org/about/mission-history/

For more information about Trek the Vote - https://www.trekthe.vote

Heather and Matthew interview Kitty Swink, Armin Shimerman, and John Bilingsley about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the upcoming Purple Stride event. You can support the Trek Against Pancreatic Cancer Team by going to www.purplestride.org click donate, donate to a team, and search for “Trek Against Pancreatic Cancer” as your chosen team. The team is also high in the leaderboard which you can find at the bottom of the mainpage. And we’ve also included the team’s fundraiser link below. Purple Stride is Saturday April 27th and on the purple stride website you can also find a stride near you! https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?team_id=48986&pg=team&fr_id=2803

For more information: Hollywood Food Coalition, Roddenberry Foundation

Matthew Cimone and Heather Rae Barker introduce the concept of Trektivism, its history, and evolution of the podcast, as well as a bit about their own backgrounds and efforts in activism.

For more information: Hollywood Food Coalition, Roddenberry Foundation

This month, we're honored to welcome Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to the TREKtivsm Podcast. Dr. Prescod-Weinstein, author of "The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred" is an Associate Professor of Physics and Core Faculty Member in Women's and Gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. Essence Magazine recognized her as one of 15 Black women Who Are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barriers. Her scientific work intersects particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. Our amazing conversation with Dr. Prescod-Weinstein spans the hunt for Dark Matter, Queer and Black representation in STEM, Palestine, feminism, and aiming for that Star Trek future.

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's site: https://chanda.science

Other Organizations talked about in this episode: Dark Sky International https://darksky.org

African American Women in Physics https://aawip.com/

John Billingsley hosts a spirited conversation with a live audience about the values of Star Trek and how to nurture community spirit. Guests include Jonathan Frakes, Chase Masterson, Kitty Swink, Trektivism team members Matthew Cimone, Heather Rae Barker, Laurie Ulster, and Yvette Blackmon Tom and guests Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Efaon Cobb, and Randy Frank!

For more information: Hollywood Food Coalition, Roddenberry Foundation