2019 CGS National Convention

Event Description

Stories about the future often picture a humanity that has put war behind it. The 2019 National Convention of Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) asked how seriously that picture should be taken. It was held in the Los Angeles area from 1 to 3 November 2019. The recordings from the convention are collected on this page. The featured recording above is the Star Trek session with Tad Daley and Rod Roddenberry.

Roddenberry spoke about his father’s idea of infinite diversity in infinite combinations. Daley set out what a federation of humanity could look like. It would have a parliament, an executive and courts at world level, and no permanent national armies. Loyalty to humanity would come before national loyalty. The convention also honored Lucy Law Webster for a lifetime of work that began in a student federalist chapter in 1948.

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Recordings

• World Federation and Star Trek (Saturday 2 November, Anagnos Peace Center, Culver City) · Tad Daley and Rod Roddenberry

  Rod Roddenberry spoke about coming to understand his father’s message, including infinite diversity in infinite combinations. Tad Daley set out three ideas behind a federation of humanity. They were world-level institutions and law, an end to standing national armies, and a first loyalty to humanity.

• Lucy Law Webster Award Ceremony

  Colleagues honored Lucy Webster’s lifetime of work. It ran from a student federalist chapter in 1948 to service at the United Nations and in the movement. They presented her with the CGS award for lifetime achievement.