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Recorded on Sunday, 08/08/21, Trek Table Episode #23 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 2, Episode 6, "The Sound of Thunder.”  Featuring host Alison De La Cruz and Co-Hosts Claudia Alick and Maia Mils-Low, Guest Co-Host Luzviminda Jariwala & guest  Rose Portillo, with a special Space Runway table featuring: Maya Chinchilla, Sarah Guerra, Lulu Matute and Black Benatar!  The Table takes a breath for Santo Space Daddy Culber, explores all the feels and unpacks FEAR as Discovery heads to Kaminar. This mega episode also unpacks the anti-colonialist race-politics of Kelpians and Baul. Who should we REALLY be afraid of? 

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MONKEY AROUND   Everyone... San Francisco has a Monkey King — and she's freaking out. MONKEY AROUND -the debut novel from Jadie Jang (aka our dear friend Claire Light) is a must-read! It's an action-packed urban fantasy delivering a bold new take on the Monkey King. It's named as one of Buzzfeed’s ’35 Amazing Fantasy Books Coming Out This Summer’ Amazing world building! It's out now. Grab your copy! https://bit.ly/TrekTable_MonkeyAround

AWAY TEAM PODCAST Trek Table also encourages you to check out The Away Team -featuring Kennedy Allen and Tony Ray.  Join Starfleet's Temporal Finest as they review the Trek universe through the Black perspective. Follow the mission, stick together, mind your business, and boldly go!!  @awayteam on Insta @awayteampod on Twitter. Find them on Spotify!

ROLLING WITH MY HOMIES We celebrate Rollin with My Homies! hosted by Santina Muha. Santina is a comic and wheelchair user for most of her life. In this series, she interviews wheelchair users about everything from parenting to intersectionality to the dumb things people ask and beyond, helping to normalize this often forgotten and diverse minority with lots of humor and heart. New shows launch every other Thursday at 6pm PST. Next Show is 8/19. Check youtube.com/outsideintheatre for episodes! 

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Recorded on Sunday, 08/01/21, Trek Table Episode #22 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 2, Episode 5, "Saints of Imperfection".  Featuring host Alison De La Cruz and Co-Hosts Claudia Alick, Maia Mils-Low and Marie-Reine Velez.  The Table unpacks this action-packed ride as the USS Discovery serves as a doorstop to the space mushroom highway so Burnham & Stamets can rescue Tilly. We also unpack Admiral Cornwell’s statement about how nation building can be messy. Trek Table says WHAT?! Are the Colonialist Daddy's back?!

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Trek Table holds weekly space for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our allies.  We are fans of Star Trek Discovery and are currently moving through episode recaps and exploring each episode through segments such as Trek Table Questions, Space Runway, Discovery Design and Thematix.  

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GAMING 4 JUSTICE Join our own Maiamama in Gaming 4 Justice-a fun weekly social justice gaming Twitch stream project designed as a space for personal connections and further consciousness raising! We've discussed Harm vs Intent, Copaganda and State Violence, as well as debuting original concepts such as “The Woke Clock”.  After these conversations we enjoy a game as both a palate cleanser and to look at the ways BIPOC, LGTBQ+, and Disability Justice intersect in entertainment and society. This week’s topic is Critical Race Theory and Why you are an idiot for being afraid of it and we will be playing unavowed. https://www.twitch.tv/maiamama

Shanta Nepali

We want to uplift Shanta Nepali,  filmmaker based in Kathmandu, Nepal stars in and is the Cinematographer for a new film called Ningwasum (roughly translates as memory). Ningwasum is a story about time travelers that explores memory, free will, possible futures, and climate change in the context of indigeneity, embracing the idea that marginalized people must unite together for a better future. You can follow Shanta on IG: @shantanepali 

JUDY BACA Retrospective:  Judy Baca: Memorias de Nuestra Tierra, a Retrospective is the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of the internationally renowned Chicana muralist, public intellectual and community activist, Judy Baca. Baca is a painter and muralist, community arts pioneer, and scholarly-educator who has been teaching in the UC system for more than 30 years. As founder of the first City of Los Angeles Mural Program in 1974 – which evolved into the non-profit Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)  Her retrospective: just opened at the Museum of Latin American art in Long Beach, CA. Runs through January 2022.  https://molaa.org/2021-judy-baca

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Recorded on Sunday, July 25 , 2021, Trek Table Episode #21 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 2, Episode 4, "An Obol for Charon".  Featuring host Alison De La Cruz and Co-Host Maia Mils-Low and introducing guest co-hosts Luzviminda Jariwala and Rose Portillo.  Together the Table explores Michael Burnham's try at being a Death Doula, Tilly's pass as Ouija Board, and Stamets & Reno’s attempt at a mycelial exorcism. The deep dive reveals connections to Dreamers, the power of empaths and the subtle sexy-ness of Saru.  

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TIMESTAMPS

05:20  Arrivals -- Check-in with Trek Table hosts

09:00  Trek Table Agreements

10:24  Trek Table Question 1 

15:18  Popcorn Recap 

20:08  Marie Has Questions

22:57  Discovery Design 

30:11  Trek Table Question 2 

35:00  Space Runway 

38:48  Thematix 

48:26  Spoiler Zone (ends at - 50:48)

51:20  Signal Boost 

52:40  Final Thoughts 

57:08  Gratitude

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Trek Table holds weekly space for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our allies.  We are fans of Star Trek Discovery and are currently moving through episode recaps and exploring each episode through segments such as Trek Table Questions, Space Runway, Discovery Design and Thematix.  

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RESERVATION DOGS

This new comedy series follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who do everything they can to leave their small town and get to California. Reservation Dogs is a breakthrough in Indigenous representation. Every writer, director and series regular on the show is Indigenous.  Shout out to Devery Jacobs who takes on the role of Elora Danan -she makes sure the group is on track to get to California. Reservation Dogs premieres on FX ON HULU on August 9th. https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogs

MARTHA GONZALEZ and her new book:  Chican@ Artivistas

We've enjoyed her music during pre-show and throughout this episode - Trek Table just wants to amplify that singer Martha Gonzalez's book, "Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles" is available now.   Check it out at https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/gonzalez-chicana-artivistas 

INTERSPECTIONAL PODCAST

Black witches, fanfiction, diversity in period drama, Star Trek -- all of these subjects and more will be discussed with actors, creators, journalists, cosplayers and fans on Interspectional.  Interspectional is a podcast focused on having introspective, intersectional discussions about speculative media.  Check them out on instagram @interspectionalpod, or at  https://www.instagram.com/interspectionalpod/?hl=en 

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Trek Table is proud to present this special episode as part of the Women at Warp IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations) Podcast Festival.   Recorded on Saturday, July 17, 2021, this episode of Trek Table explores the mental stamina required of women leaders in Star Trek, along with the return of MOTHER.  Join our hosts Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Marie-Reine Velez, and Alison De La Cruz  as they take a deep dive into Star Trek Discovery Season 2, Episode 3, "Point of Light".   Topics include: Klingon design & tech, hair & accessories, patriarchy & imperialism; Star Fleet's approach to mental health;  the great personal sacrifices that women in leadership are forced to make; and the next in a sequence of Burnham’s Transporter Room Surprises.

#TrekTable #BIWOCTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

Learn more about Women at Warp and the IDIC Podcast Festival: https://www.womenatwarp.com/IDIC-fest/

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TIMESTAMPS

05:20  Check-in with Trek Table hosts

09:00  Trek Table Agreements

10:24  Trek Table Question 1 

15:18  Popcorn Recap 

20:08  Marie Has Questions

22:57  Discovery Design 

30:11  Trek Table Question 2 

35:00  Space Runway 

38:48  Thematix 

48:26  Spoiler Zone (ends at - 50:48)

51:20  Signal Boost 

52:40  Final Thoughts 

57:08  Gratitude

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This week we amplify our fellow podcasters... The SyFy Sistas: where science fiction meets Afrofuturism.  The SyFy Sistas discuss sci-fi movies, books, TV series, conventions, and podcasts from a black female point of view.  Check out their shows and more at syfysistas.com

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This is like A DOUBLE EPISODE! Join Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Alison De La Cruz and  Maia Mills-Low host this deep dive on SPACE, SPIRIT and those red signals in S2 E2 “New Eden”!  How is spirit expressed and explored on this planet, does it bridge the vastness of space and what about those Red Signals! We are also super excited to feature  our very first Trek Table Guest Spotlight, featuring Aliza Pearl. You've probably heard us nerd out over one of Aliza's Women at Warp Podcast or TTRPG “Blood of the Void”.  

Aliza Pearl is an actor, writer, Trekkie, gamemaster, and content creator. She regularly performs with Ripley Improv, and the Star Trek inspired “The Improvised Generation”. She's a co-host of the Star Trek podcast "Women at Warp," and a pro gamemaster-- in addition to running and playing in multiple streaming D&D 5e campaigns on Twitch, she also runs a monthly Klingon ttrpg show called "Blood of the Void."  Learn more about this amazing woman of color creator at https://www.alizapearl.com/!   

TIMESTAMPS  

04:59  Intro to Trek Table Episode 20  

06:06  Check in with hosts

09:31  Trek Table Agreements

11:07  Trek Table Question 1 

17:31  Popcorn Recap 

23:10  Guest Spotlight:  Aliza Pearl

43:55  Discovery Design

58:20  Trek Table Question 2 

01:03:53  Space Runway 

01:07:17  Thematix 

01:20:42 Spoiler Zone (ends at - 01:24:02)

01:26:50 Trek Table Question 3 

01:30:27 Signal Boost 

01:32:56 Final Thoughts 

01:39:29  Gratitude

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Women at Warp IDIC Festival 

Check out all the shows on the Women at Warp Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC) Festival on July 17th & 18th.  You can hear more about Trek from SyFy Sistas, Sci-Fi Feminists and more!  For the full schedule, go to Womenatwarp.com/IDIC-Fest

Network of Ensemble Theatre (NET)

Our very own Alison De La Cruz hosts an interesting talk about inspiration with theatre legend Rose Portillo on the Network of Ensemble Theatre's YouTube channel.   Hear tips from this veterana of stage, screen and community about how she's survived and what still brings her inspiration. You can watch on the NET YouTube channel at  https://www.ensembletheaters.net

ELECTRA

Be sure to check out ELECTRA, adapted from Euripides by Adrienne Kennedy and directed by Claudia Alick.  Euripides’ 2500-year-old play comes to vivid life in Adrienne Kennedy’s poetic language, dynamic digital design, and the equitable aesthetics of access and anti-racism. The play reminds us that... We are Clytemnestra. We are the Chorus. We are ELECTRA.

You can watch ELECTRA at the Women Theatre Festival; an all-virtual play festival scheduled for 3 weekends in July from July 9th through 25th, 2021).   Tickets to all are available now at   https://app.arts-people.com/index.php...

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This episode we discover more about the connection between Michael Burnham and Sarek as they stand in anticipation of an emergency meet-up with the USS Enterprise.

This Season 2 opener gives us so many feels - from Sa'ru calling Burnham Commander to the Original Series Uniforms to watching the power of math!  We'll welcome the addition of Tig Notaro, Anson Mount in the show and we'll discuss what's up with these SIGNALS. 

The Trek Table dives deep into Season 2, Episode 1 of Star Trek Discovery: “Brother”. This episode the table explores the connection between Michael Burnham, Sarek and Spock as we stand in anticipation of an emergency meet up with the USS Enterprise. We’ll talk Burnham's Brother,  samplings of signals and toxic masculinity in this episode. 

Join Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Alison De La Cruz, and Marie-Reine Velez, as we dig into Trek Table Questions, Marie Has Questions; Discovery Design; Space Runway; Thematix & Spoiler Zone! 

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Trek Table is a weekly webcast amplifying Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our allies as we hold Trek Space about Star Trek Discovery and all the Trek Multiverses. In particular we seek to build spaces for #BIWOCTrek, our observations and insights from women of color at every level of Star Trek fandom from newbies who are Star Trek Light to multi-generational Star Trekking families

TIMESTAMPS

11:51 Trek Table Question 1 

15:07 Popcorn Recap 

20:19 Marie Has Questions

24:32  Discovery Design 

38:34  Trek Table Question 2 

41:31 Space Runway 

47:33  Thematix 

01:00:12 Spoiler Zone (ends at - 01:02:32)

01:04:37 Trek Table Question 3 

01:08:44 Signal Boost 

01:11:38 Final Thoughts 

01:16:39  Gratitude

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MOSQUITA Y MARI

Looking to close out your intersection PRIDE month - we invite you to check out  or rewatch - Mosquita y Mari its a stunning coming of age story by Aurora Guerrero and it is on Netflix.  We also wanna give Aurora a shout out for her AMAZING work on Queen Sugar.  Follow Aurora on Twitter at @Aurog24  

INDIGENOUS PRIDE LOS ANGELES 

We here at Trek Table want to wish happy pride to Indigenous Pride LA  celebrating two spirit, indigiqueer, and indigenous LGBTQPAI People.  Follow them at indigenouspridela on instagram.  https://indigenouspridela.org/

ELECTRA

Be sure to check out ELECTRA, adapted from Euripides by Adrienne Kennedy and directed by Claudia Alick.  Euripides’ 2500-year-old play comes to vivid life in Adrienne Kennedy’s poetic language, dynamic digital design, and the equitable aesthetics of access and anti-racism. The play reminds us that... We are Clytemnestra. We are the Chorus. We are ELECTRA.

You can watch ELECTRA at the Women Theatre Festival; an all-virtual play festival scheduled for 3 weekends in July from July 9th through 25th, 2021).   Tickets to all are available now at   https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?actions=31&p=1

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Trek Table does their version of a fun recap of Star Trek Discovery Season 1: All the happenings - Burnham’s redemption arc, the Klingon War, the Mirror Universe and More!!!  Join Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Alison De La Cruz, Marie-Reine Velez as we dig into Trek Table Questions, Marie Has Questions; Discovery Design; Space Runway; Thematix & Spoiler Zone!  #TrekTable #BIWOCTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

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Trek Table is a weekly webcast amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise), and our allies as we hold Trek Space for Star Trek Discovery and all the Trek Multiverses.  We strive to make space for #BIWOCTrek joy, nerdom and geekery, as we uplift the observations and insights from women of color at every level of Star Trek fandom -- from newbies to multi-generational Star Trekking families.  

TIMESTAMPS

11:51 Trek Table Question 1 

15:07 Popcorn Recap 

20:19 Marie Has Questions

24:32  Discovery Design 

38:34  Trek Table Question 2 

41:31 Space Runway 

47:33  Thematix 

01:00:12 Spoiler Zone (ends at - 01:02:32)

01:04:37 Trek Table Question 3 

01:08:44 Signal Boost 

01:11:38 Final Thoughts 

01:16:39  Gratitude

SIGNAL BOOST

ARTISTS AT PLAY is celebrating their new season with a new podcast episode, in which the producing team rehashes and recreates some of their favorite original pieces written and performed for "Artists at Play ... at Play!"   Access the podcast at bit.ly/AAPListen 

JUNETEENTH 2021: UNTOLD STORIES --  We encourage you to continue commemorating Juneteenth by watching a virtual presentation from The Arts Center in Orange, Virginia. Presentations by Dr. Dena Jennings and Michael Carter, Jr. focus on unearthing family legacies and the importance of preserving

connections with the past.  You can watch the archive of the live presentation on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjvkuov7AU

ALL MY RELATIONS  is a team of folks who care about representations, and how Native peoples are represented in mainstream media. Their recent podcast episode is called “All My Loving Relations”. This conversation covers how we all have different forms of ceremony to find love within ourselves and there are so many ways to love. In this ALL MY RELATIONS episode the hosts ask how do we heal from historical trauma to love again? For more information visit their website: https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast

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Starfleet Power Plays & Katras

Trek Table explores Starfleet Power plays between Captain Lorca and Admiral Cornwell, Interim Capt. Sa’ru and Michael Burnam. We’ll dive deep into Katras and Burnham’s connection to Sarek. Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Alison De La Cruz and Marie-Reine Velez are back to share Popcorn Recap, Marie Has Questions, Discovery Design, Space Runway and then all braided together in Thematix. The Spoiler Zone begins at 57:46 - 59:56. Recorded on 03/14/21

Segment Highlights

• Holding Trek Space
• Trek Table Question 1
• Recap Popcorn
• Discovery Design
• Trek Table Question 2
• Space Runway
• Thematix
• Trek Table Question 3
• Signal Boost
• Final Thoughts
• Spoiler Alert: 57:46
• Gratitude

Signal Boost: 

UNSETTLING DRAMATURGY COLLOQUIUM ANNOUNCES UNSETTLING DRAMATURGY AWARD.

The Unsettling Dramaturgy Colloquium is thrilled to announce the recipients of the inaugural Unsettling Dramaturgy Award for self-identified Black, Black Indigenous, Black Native, and/or Afro-Indigenous theatre, dance and experimental performance makers, who are Crip, Deaf, Mad, Sick, Chronically Ill, Disabled, Neurodiverse. Recipients are at a variety of stages in their career/practice, and are all based in the so-called USA or Canada.

The Unsettling Dramaturgy Colloquium (unsettlingdramaturgy.com) is an ongoing project bringing together Crip and Indigenous dramaturgs from across so-called Canada and the United States who work in theatre, dance, and experimental performance.   www.unsettlingdramaturgy.com

KAPAEMAHU

We’d like to uplift Kumu Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu, known to many as Kumu Hina. Kumu Hina is  Native Hawaiian māhū – a traditional third gender person who occupies "a place in the middle" between male and female. Kumu Hina is a co-director of KAPAEMAHU of the 2020 animated short film, which we hope is a contender for the Oscars! KAPAEMAHU is based on the long-hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach placed there as a tribute to four legendary mahu who first brought the healing arts to Hawaii. The film is narrated by Kumu Hina, in Olelo Niihau, the only unbroken form of the Hawaiian language.  https://www.kapaemahu.com/

MUJERES DE MAIZ - MUSIC MONDAYS

We want to amplify: Mujeres de Maiz and all of their Music Mondays here in March. This past Monday - they had Martha Gonzales - who you know from our music here on the show and they will also be hosting a series of events including a Music Monday w Jessa Calderon. Jessa is a tongva and chumash songwriter, poet, hip hop artist, performer, hypnotherapist, massage therapist, energy worker and offers guided meditations. Check out @mujeresdemaiz on instagram or www.mujeresdemaiz.com for more info!

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Star Trek Discovery S1 E5 “Choose Your Pain”

Trek Table Episode 006-Recorded on 03/07/21

Trek Table explores the continuing journey of ethics and torture in the time of the Klingon War, Leadership and Heroism and several Star Trek Milestones: the first “F” bomb and the first official queer coupling in Star Trek.  Content Note: This episode discusses torture and abuse.  Trek Table also welcomes guest co-hosts Maia Mills-Low and Claire Light to the show.

Segment Highlights

• Holding Trek Space
• Trek Table Question 1
• Recap Popcorn
• Discovery Design
• Trek Table Question 2
• Space Runway
• Thematix
• Trek Table Question 3
• Signal Boost
• Final Thoughts
• Spoiler Alert
• Gratitude

Signal Boost: 

CARAVANA: A DIGITAL ARTS SHOW MOBILIZING CENTRAL AMERICAN ART

Caravana Digital Art Show Mobilizing Central American Art   - March 10th and April 15, Opening on March 11th.....CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present)

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Curated by Fátima Ramírez (@fatimers), Mauricio Ramírez, and Josué Rojas (@josue.rojas.art) CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present), is a multidisciplinary traveling exhibition that centers U.S. Central American artists living in California as well as across the United States to examine their lived experiences in relation to the impact of mass migration, family separation, and the legacy of political action and solidarity with the people of Central America. CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present) can be viewed online through the Virtual Gallery Experience, dropping March 10, 2021  https://somarts.org/event/caravana/

WE WON’T MOVE: A LIVING ARCHIVE

Trek Table wants to support and hold up our friends at Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) - as they prepare to launch We Won’t Move: A Living Archive, a podcast that brings radical Asian Pacific American (APA) artists, curators, and activists to the forefront. Once the anti–eviction rallying cry for the International Hotel in the 1970’s, We Won’t Move: A Living Archive features hosts Michelle Lin, Dara Katrina Del Rosario, and Kazumi Chin as they illuminate the legacies of intergenerational APA arts activism. Season 1 launches March 9. https://www.kearnystreet.org/blog/2021/2/18/we-wont-move-a-living-archive

PASIFIKA TRANSMISSIONS

Pasifika Transmissions, presented by the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, is a monthly distance learning series that invites indigenous artists in our community to visit the archives and develop a video “transmission”. This is an incredible gift especially for  pacific islanders living away from home because PIEAM is the only museum in the contiguous United States with a mission to amplify the collective wisdom of the people of Oceania. View all of the artists featured in the series, on their FB page @PasifikaTransmissions

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• Alison De La Cruz IG: @picsbydela Twitter: @TweetsbyDeLa
• Maya Chinchilla  IG: @maya_chapina   
• Claudia Alick @calling up justice 
• Maia Mills-Low @maiamama79
• Claire Light Twitter: @seelight

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Trek Table Episode 005 -This episode of Trek Table explores Episode 4, Captain Lorca, Burnham’s accountability journey and the path of the Klingon’s uniting under the light of T’Kuvma. We’ll jump into the spore drive, Kitty - the Ripper and much more! Marie Has Questions, Claudia leads us through Discovery Design and Maya is back with Space Runway.

Segment Highlights

• Holding Trek Space
• Trek Table Question 1
• Recap Popcorn
• Marie Has Questions
• Design 3188
• Trek Table Question 2
• Space Runway
• Thematix
• Trek Table Question 3
• Signal Boost
• Final Thoughts
• Spoiler Alert
• Gratitude

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BLACK GIRLS CODE

Trek Table believes that Black History Month is every month - but as February comes to an end - we want to amplify: Black Girls Code - their goal:  to increase the number of women of color in the digital space by empowering girls of color ages 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields, leaders in their communities, and builders of their own futures through exposure to computer science and technology.  If you are looking for an organization to support with money or time or resource - we invite you to support Black Girls Code.Com The links are in our chat and the episode notes. www.blackgirlscode.com

CARAVANA: A DIGITAL ARTS SHOW MOBILIZING CENTRAL AMERICAN ART

Caravana Digital Art Show Mobilizing Central American Art   - March 10th and April 15, Opening on March 11th.....CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present)

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Curated by Fátima Ramírez (@fatimers), Mauricio Ramírez, and Josué Rojas (@josue.rojas.art) CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present), is a multidisciplinary traveling exhibition that centers U.S. Central American artists living in California as well as across the United States to examine their lived experiences in relation to the impact of mass migration, family separation, and the legacy of political action and solidarity with the people of Central America. CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984–Present) can be viewed online through the Virtual Gallery Experience, dropping March 10, 2021  https://somarts.org/event/caravana/

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@Quetzalmusic on Instagram

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• Alison De La Cruz IG: @picsbydela Twitter: @TweetsbyDeLa
• Marie Reine Velez @mariezpz
• Maya Chinchilla  IG: @maya_chapina   http://www.mayachinchilla.com/
• Claudia Alick @calling up justice https://linktr.ee/callingupjustice

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