Star Trek’s annual First Contact Day celebration takes on a heroic new meaning in 2025, as April 5th is the new date forTrek Talks 4. The annual livestream telethon to benefit theHollywood Food Coalition,Trek Talks 4is presented by Trek Geeks, Roddenberry Podcasts, TrekMovie.com, and SyFy Sistas, withStar Trek: Enterprise’s John Billingsley andStar Trek: Prodigy’s Bonnie Gordon returning as co-hosts.
John Billingsley serves as co-chair of theHollywood Food Coalition, which began in 1987 and serves hot, nutritious meals to people in the Los Angeles area seven days a week.Trek Talkscame together as a fundraising event borne from the charitable ethos ofStar Trek, with numerous actors and creatives involved inStar Trek-related panels that stream live on YouTubeand theTrekTalks.net website. All proceeds fromTrek Talks 4will benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition. Last year’sTrek Talks 3raised $110,205.
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Trek Talks 4was originally scheduled for January 2025 but had to be rescheduled because of the fires that devastated the Los Angeles area. Out of respect for those who tragically lost their homes, including some actors and creatives who are involved inStar Trek, Trek Talks 4was postponed to a later date.July 17, 2025, was chosen as the new date forTrek Talks 4,which is fittingly also First Contact Day.
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As seen inStar Trek: First Contact,April 5 is when humanity met the Vulcans.First Contact led to the human race putting aside their differences and working together for the common good. The result was United Earth, which created Starfleet to explore the galaxy. In turn, United Earth formed a coalition with Vulcans, the Andorians, and the Tellarites to found the United Federation of Planets.
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Star Trek Is Showing Out For Trek Talks 4
AtTrek Talks 4,dozens of legendary names fromStar Trekwill join John Billingsley and Bonnie Gordon for manyexciting panels and discussions celebrating the inclusive and generous spirit ofStar Trek.Among the headliners areStar Trek’s famed Captains, including Sonequa Martin-Green, who plays Captain Michael Burnham onStar Trek: Discovery, Jonathan Frakes, who playsCaptain Will RikeronStar Trek: Picard, and Kate Mulgrew, who plays Admiral Kathryn Janeway onStar Trek: Prodigy.
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Star Trek on Paramount+’s starslike David Ajala, Wilson Cruz, and Mary Chieffo fromStar Trek: Discovery,Celia Rose Gooding fromStar Trek: Strange New Worlds,andStar Trek: Lower Decks' Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, and creator Mike McMahan will be joined by legacyStar Treknames likeRobert Picardo fromStar Trek: Voyager,and Armin Shimerman and Terry Farrell fromStar Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Yvette, Subrina, Fran, and Tamia of the Syfy Systas will kick offTrek Talks 4with a pre-show at 9:45 AM PT on August 07, 2025.
Some of thebiggestStar Treknames from behind the camera, like writers and showrunners Ira Steven Behr ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, Brannon Braga ofStar Trek: Enterprise,Bryan Fuller ofStar Trek: Voyager,authors Una McCormack, David A. Goodman, and Derek Tyler Attico, and Rod Roddenberry of Roddenberry Entertainment will also join panels atTrek Talks 4.
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Trek Talks’traditional January date made it one of the first majorStar Trekevents annually that fans looked forward to. However, shifting toFirst Contact Dayin 2025 out of necessity because of the LA fires could not be more suitable forTrek Talks 4.First Contact Day is a holiday within theStar Trekuniverseas it marks the literal beginning of humanity’s change for the better after meeting the Vulcans.Star Trek: First Contactdepicted the original First Contact Day when Zephram Cochrane (James Cromwell) made his historic first warp flight.
Trek Treks 4can be live streamed on YouTube.
First Contact Day is also a day when fans hope for announcements from Star Trek on Paramount+. But even if there is no news about upcomingStar TrekTV shows or movies, theStar Trekfandom now hasTrek Talks 4to enjoy on the franchise’s in-universe date of origin. Even moreStar Treknames are likely to be added toTrek Talks 4in the weeks ahead, and the event itself should be as memorable and positive as in years past. Hopefully,Trek Talks 4will set a new fundraising record to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition.
