{"id":41163,"date":"2015-07-21T09:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=41163"},"modified":"2015-07-21T09:48:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:48:14","slug":"nichelle-joins-starpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2015\/07\/nichelle-joins-starpower\/","title":{"rendered":"Nichelle Joins StarPower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NicholsStarPower072115.gif\" alt=\"NicholsStarPower072115\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nichelle Nichols<\/strong> is one of the founding celebrities and launch partners of <em>StarPower<\/em>, which raises funds for charity while helping to build closer relationships between fans and actors.<\/p>\n<p>Through<em> StarPower<\/em>, Nicholas will be &#8220;hosting fan events, offering giveaways, signings, competitions, and more to fans that follow her through her <em>StarPower<\/em> account.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->&#8220;Nichelle Nichols is a woman of many historic firsts,\u201d said <strong>Terri Hitchcock<\/strong>, CEO of <em>StarPower<\/em>. &#8220;She has broken boundaries throughout her entire career. From her role as the first African-American woman to play a non-stereotypical television lead, to her pioneering work in the space program, Nichelle has chosen to take on a new historic undertaking with the launch of <em>StarPower<\/em>. We\u2019re truly honored that she&#8217;s chosen to join us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>StarPower<\/em> makes it possible to share with my fans in ways I&#8217;ve always wished I could do, said Nichols. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to not only have a closer relationship with my fans than ever before, but to be doing it for my favorite causes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be sharing tickets to events, original <em>Star Trek<\/em> memorabilia, one-on-one meetings, and more time online with all of you,&#8221; said Nichols. &#8220;As a VIP member, your subscription helps raise money for two causes near and dear to my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nichols favorite charities include <em>The Technology Access Foundation<\/em>, which &#8220;works to aid and equip minority students for success in college and life,&#8221; and the <em>Planetary Society<\/em>, which &#8220;sponsors projects that will seed innovative space technologies, [and nurture] creative young minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about <em>StarPower<\/em>, head to the link located <a href=\"http:\/\/starpowernews.com\/2015\/07\/13\/about-starpower\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AO9NnupYvuY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nichelle Nichols is one of the founding celebrities and launch partners of StarPower, which raises&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413],"tags":[2408,8544],"class_list":["post-41163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","tag-nichols","tag-starpower"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/cast-crew\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Cast &amp; Crew<\/a>","tag_info":"Cast &amp; Crew","comment_count":"4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41165,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41163\/revisions\/41165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}