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, held in the Los Angeles area from 1 to 3 November 2019, asked how seriously that picture should be taken. 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, while Daley set out what a federation of humanity could look like: a parliament, executive and courts at world level, an end to permanent national armies, and a loyalty to humanity that comes 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, while Tad Daley set out three ideas behind a federation of humanity: 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, from a student federalist chapter in 1948 to service at the United Nations and in the movement, and presented her with the CGS award for lifetime achievement.

Other CGS conferences with recordings: 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022.