Lotus Coalition Community

What is the Lotus Coalition Community?

The Lotus Coalition Community was created to provide an easily accessible, nontoxic, safe (and free) online hub for people and organizations to connect and work together to achieve unprecedented outcomes in the US and around the world. - While improving their own lives exponentially along the way. 

 Decades of research have proven that people who are involved in and actively engaged in communities are happier, healthier, achieve personal success, feel connected and hopeful. And they are better informed by facts and information, make better decisions for themselves and their families, and all of that leads to healthy democracies and thriving countries.  

Pretty amazing, right? 

The question people are asking right now is, what can I do? What now? After 8 years of intense cultural chaos, divisions, attacks on human rights and personal autonomy fueled by outlandish disinformation, the answer is pretty simple. But it's a powerful one - community. 

Well organized, private communities are free from bots and disinformation campaigns and connect people with each other in healthy, constructive ways. Not only do we hang out and chat and host watch parties and in-person get togethers in our local communities, we get the things done we cannot do when we are trapped in the echo chambers of social media.

You were invited to the Lotus Coalition Community because you matter, your values matter and you bring unique contributions to this moment. We cannot afford to be rash or complacent nor look to others to create the country we hope for because that is not how it's achieved. It requires us to be informed, organized, to stand up and stand together to tip the country back to the path forward, and for us to pave that path together with shared hope, shared vision, and shared goals. 

 We each play a role in building and protecting a healthy democracy. One of the most important components, and the starting place, is to become highly informed with factual, reliable credible information. This cannot be done in soundbites, social media posts, random polls, and from opinion commentators and pundits that have replaced journalism and reliable news sources with clickbait. The Lotus Coalition Community seeks to fill that gap.

The Lotus Coalition Community is Unique 

This is a place to meet lifelong friends, feel rooted in shared purpose and to celebrate the milestones and outcomes we achieve along the way. Unlike social media, this is a nontoxic community that fosters safe and healthy connections, discussions and debate. We do not allow the distribution of disinformation and propaganda. The community is structured to highlight facts, expertise and useful information. Plus, we have a lot of fun and inspire hope and excitement along the way!

This community brings forth experts across various fields of knowledge and expertise to help us clearly understand and solve core issues, (many of which we feel the symptoms of) and help us understand the resources and solutions available to us, as well as, our role in solving the issues that affect us. 

We meet you where you are and help organize and mobilize people based on their skill sets, schedules, and resources. We all play a role, and while we often see celebrities or people with wealth and/or large platforms at the center, they are just one part of a successful coalition where everyone contributes based on their unique knowledge, experiences, and skills.

We are community-builders and we will provide resources for you to contribute to building strong and healthy communities that forge greater unity and shared goals locally and across the country over the long-term. We all need to be a beacon of light to the  path of community for everyone  and the better choice when reality begins to set in for all of us.

This community is an opportunity to combine the best parts of social media and together, create something even better. This community is not an echo chamber for anger, fear, and disinformation that is designed to isolate and divide us. This is a coalition that is committed to equality and inclusion. That means giving everyone a seat at the table in working to protect and strengthen democracy, and US policies, systems and institutions, so that we can solve the complex issues we face as individuals and as a country.  This is the path forward.

In the community, you'll find engaging discussions, useful tools, a variety of activities to choose from, people and organizations who are leading the way, as well as, daily practices to recharge your mind, body and spirit. Our weekly calendar of events features people and organizations to help you take valuable action while meeting incredible people and working together to create a better present and future. 

No matter your schedule or skill set, everyone can find ways to connect, have fun, and contribute that all adds up into rippling positive impacts and outcomes.

This community is very different from social media. We are committed to creating a nontoxic, fun, and interconnected community. We reserve the right to remove anyone who violates our Community Guidelines, Standards and Policies, and we will.  

The Lotus Coalition Community and the platform app the community is built on do not sell or distribute any of your information and we respect your privacy. The email you use to create your profile may be used by us to contact you regarding the community and only used for that purpose when necessary. The majority of the communication will take place in the community itself and in meeting spaces with our partner organizations. There are no ads or bots.

Is this Community a Good Fit for You?

The community was built for everyone but not everyone will be a good fit for the community. 

Here are some guidelines to determine if it's a good fit for you.

• Everything we do is rooted in the foundations of valuing and protecting people. We do our best to avoid using labels and political affiliations but you will find that this is a coalition and community dedicated to building alliances between people and organizations who are committed to moving the country forward by serving the best interests of all people. 

• We are solution and action-oriented.  There is a lot we can accomplish by doing the work and you may find it's not the work you expected.  You'll be able to track progress and share in the excitement and momentum of collective action. 

• We meet you where you are without judgment. We will help you connect with others and get involved in ways that will fuel your spirit and get you excited about what we can do when we all work together.

• Your voice matters but we won't allow you to use it as a weapon against yourself or others. Safety, integrity and trust are top priorities for us in the community. 

• It's not always about work!  Come in to just chat, recharge, check the calendar for the next book club meeting or in-person meet up, or just to connect with your peeps.

• If you are a subject matter expert or part of an organization working to protect rights, build peace, improve systems, and/or strengthen democracy (anywhere in the world), please join the community and reach out to us in the community to discuss how we can work together.