We’re building spaces where Black women can heal, lead, and bloom boldly.
So, what exactly is The Lotus Club?
Who We Are
The Lotus Club (TLC) is a North Texas–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit wellness community supporting Black women navigating workplace trauma, chronic stress, and burnout. We center healing, empowerment, and every woman’s 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 by providing culturally grounded and affirming resources and programs rooted in community care and collective healing.
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Our Values
These values form the foundation of our community, guiding our actions and initiatives as we support and uplift our sisters on their journey toward healing and 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 challenges they face to create a more equitable society.
Sisterhood
We foster a supportive community where we can connect, network, and uplift each other.
Intergenerational Harmony
We honor the power of intergenerational collaboration, where wisdom and fresh ideas meet to shape the future.
Meet the Executive Director
If you’re reading this, you were meant to be here.
I’m Deme Jackson, executive director 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 created The Lotus Club to turn my lived experience into advocacy and philanthropy, and to create the space I wish I'd had when I needed it most. Today, The Lotus Club centers healing, collective care, and liberation from work-centered identities, reminding Black women 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.
Board Members
Jaz Lewis
Board President
Jerrica Burnham
Treasurer
Jo Ann Perry
Secretary
Christina Taylor
Program Chair
Treschell Seymore
Fundraising Chair
Roz Kersh
Events Chair
Kierra Jones
Community Outreach Chair
Deavon Collins
Wellness Chair