Welcome to
The Lotus Club
Hey sis, we’re so glad you’re here!
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Hey sis, we’re so glad you’re here! 🪷
So, what exactly is The Lotus Club?
Who We Are
The Lotus Club (TLC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit wellness community that supports Black women navigating workplace trauma, chronic stress and burnout. We center healing, empowerment and the right to exist abundantly—unbound by systemic inequities or societal expectations.
Our Mission
To help Black women heal from workplace trauma, chronic stress and burnout through culturally competent programs rooted in community care and collective healing.
Our Values
These four values form the foundation of our community, guiding our actions and initiatives as we support and uplift our sisters on their journey toward personal growth.
Empowerment
We are committed to empowering Black women by providing the necessary tools, resources, and opportunities to thrive.
Authenticity
We believe in creating a safe and inclusive space where we can embrace our authentic selves without judgment or limitations.
Advocacy
We are dedicated to advocating for the rights and well-being of Black women and raising awareness about the unique challenges they face to create a more equitable society.
Sisterhood
We foster a supportive community where we can connect, network, and uplift each other.
Meet the Founder
If you’re reading this, you were meant to be here.
I’m Deme Jackson, founder and CEO of The Lotus Club.
I spent over a decade as a corporate communications professional shaping narratives, supporting leadership, and helping organizations tell their stories. At the same time, I was navigating the realities many Black women face at work: burnout, layoffs, chronic stress, and environments that lacked psychological safety.
Those experiences didn’t just impact my career—they impacted my health, my identity, and my sense of self.
Through my own healing journey, I realized I wasn’t alone. Too many Black women were quietly carrying workplace trauma, anxiety, and grief without support or safe spaces to process what they had endured. In 2024, the death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey, former Vice President of Student Affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, became a profound wake-up call, underscoring the real consequences of ignoring Black women’s mental health in the workplace.
I founded The Lotus Club to turn my lived experience into advocacy and philanthropy, and to create the space I wish had existed when I needed it most. Today, The Lotus Club exists to center healing, collective care, and liberation from work-centered identities, reminding Black women that they are worthy of rest, support, and wholeness.
This work is deeply personal and rooted in the belief that healing is not a luxury—it’s a right.
