👑 CROWN LETTER: KIMBERLY A. WILLIAMS

Responder General, Lady Banyan of the Lifeline

First Responder of the Rally Group

Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation

Dear Ms. Williams,

I’m writing to offer you a Crown.

Not a metaphorical crown — a real one. A founding leadership position in The Rally Group, one of fourteen initiatives within Liana Banyan, a platform built on the principle of “Help Each Other Help Ourselves.”

WHY YOU

You run the largest crisis response system in America.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — 5 million calls, texts, and chats in its first year. Over 200 crisis centers nationwide. Georouting, Spanish text/chat, LGBTQI+ subnetwork. You transformed a 10-digit number into something anyone can remember in their darkest moment.

You’ve built the infrastructure that catches people when they fall.

We’re building the community that wraps around them before, during, and after.

What if every neighborhood, every business, every guild had someone trained to recognize crisis and connect people to help? That’s what The Rally Group does — and we need someone who knows how to do it right.

WHO I AM

My name is Jonathan Jones. I’m a 53-year-old father of eight, a U.S. ARNG veteran, and the founder of Liana Banyan Corporation — a cooperative commerce platform with fourteen charitable initiatives designed to be self-funding and sustainable.

I was a child of missionaries in Tanzania — we left on the last flight before Idi Amin’s invasion. Back in the States, my parents fostered children in our home when I was 8yrs old; for 5 years. I know the stories that they would never tell an adult. And the systems that didn’t just not help, but harmed.

That doesn’t make me an expert. It simply makes me aware. And sad. And enraged. And DETERMINED. AND COMMITTED. AND PASSIONATE. And persistently focused.

I run through that sequence every time I think about it. And I refuse to not be horrified and outraged and indignant and end with the resolve at the end. Every time. And with every new and somehow always still the same added injustices.

I’m not a billionaire. I’m not famous. Who I am really doesn’t matter, only what I’m trying to do. I’m just someone who wants what SHOULD be good to ACTUALLY be GOOD. The systems we have aren’t protecting or helping people well enough, and arguably are part of the problem. So I’ve designed different ones.

WHAT THE RALLY GROUP IS

The Rally Group is a self-funding, sustainably charitable, cooperative crisis response initiative present on every page of Liana Banyan, and backed up by real local people anywhere Liana Banyan operates.

Our philosophy:

“We’d rather check on you 100 times for nothing than miss the one time you need us.”

Core Elements:

Integration Points:

• I.T. — Logistics and technology infrastructure
• Defense Klaus — Personal safety initiative
• Legal Defense — When protection requires legal action
• Harper Guild — HR/ethics oversight in every business

HOW IT WORKS

Person shows signs of crisis
        ↓
Harper or community member notices
        ↓
Rally Group Responder contacted
        ↓
Responder assesses and connects
        ↓
If needed: 988 Lifeline (your system)
        ↓
Follow-up and ongoing support
        ↓
Community wraps around the person

We’re not replacing 988. We’re creating the community layer that feeds into it and supports people after.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

We’re asking you to serve as Responder General — the guiding voice of The Rally Group. This means:

• Setting standards for Responder training and certification
• Designing the “Oops” code system parameters (automatic false positives for training)
• Coordinating with local 988 centers (you have those relationships)
• Ensuring Harper Guild members are crisis-aware
• Overseeing Underground Railroad protocols
• Partnering with existing 988 infrastructure

Your involvement does not have to be exhaustive. You’re running a national crisis system — I know your plate is full. That’s why we’ve designed this to be systematic and automated where possible. You set the standards. We build the training. The platform enforces it.

You don’t have to answer every call. You guide. You set the standard. You mentor. That’s what Crowns do.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Every initiative in Liana Banyan operates as a council. The Crown is the First Seat — the leader, the tie-breaker, the voice on our Steering Committee. As the council grows with workers and members, they elect their own representative to the Board of Directors. In the early days, that representative would likely be you.

As Crown Holder of The Rally Group, you would receive:

THE STRUCTURE

The Rally Group operates across all other initiatives:

The Railroad Imagery:

• Underground Railroad = discreet safety network
• Railroad Crossing Signal = universal “help available” icon
• Conductors guide people to safety
• The train never stops running
• Mandatory inclusion in every Liana Banyan business and guild and service
• Harpers answer to the Crown, not Liana Banyan, and not the business

THE PARTNERSHIP

I’ve also written to Ruth M. Glenn for Defense Klaus. You and Ruth would be natural partners — she’s building the personal safety initiative for domestic abuse survivors, you’d be building the crisis response layer that catches people before, during, and after. Two initiatives, one safety ecosystem.

The whole platform is designed so the initiatives support each other. Defense Klaus needs crisis response. The Rally Group needs personal safety protocols. The community needs both.

You wouldn’t be leading an isolated project — you’d be part of an ecosystem of hundreds that lead thousands to benefit millions. Check out the structure and connections at Cephas.LianaBanyan.com/The300.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You’ve built the national crisis response system.

We’re building the community that uses it.

Together, we can create something that doesn’t just catch people when they fall — it creates a world where fewer people fall in the first place.

Every Guild has a Harper (our HR/ethics person). Every Harper is trained in crisis recognition. Every page has the Railroad Crossing Signal. Every member knows help is available.

That’s a community-wide safety net. And it needs someone who’s built safety nets at scale to lead it.

INCLUDED WITH THIS LETTER

I’ve included four documents for your review:

1. The Considered Approach — An academic paper outlining the theoretical and economic foundations of Liana Banyan. This is the “why” behind the architecture.

2. Rally Group Business Plan — The operational blueprint for the initiative you’d be leading. This is the “how.”

3. The 300 Framework — The strategic allies structure you’d be joining. Shields, Spears, and Phalanx — and where you fit.

4. The Connected Keep — System-wide infrastructure showing how Rally Group connects to every other initiative. You wouldn’t be leading an isolated project.

Please read them. Check out the implementations at LianaBanyan.org and pick them apart. Tell me what breaks with the feedback tool or contact me directly by email or phone.

ONE CROWN, ONE OFFER

And no — no one else is getting this letter.

If you aren’t interested, we’ll have to go back to the drawing board. We have made no backup plans — because we want you to know how wanted you are.

Of course, we will carry on if disappointed. But we have hope that you will engage at any level you choose.

THE BELL

“Can you hear the bell? I can. I’ve always been able to hear it. The bell still rings for all who truly believe.”

I believe we can build something that protects people — not just in crisis, but before and after. I believe you can help us do it right.

The Arctic Ghost Train is leaving the station. We’d love for you to climb aboard.

IF NOT YOU

If your schedule will not permit, or you are committed to other concerns, or simply do not wish to — no problem. I understand completely.

But if you know someone in the crisis response field who would be right for this, I would be grateful for the referral. The work matters more than any particular person doing it.

With respect for everything you’ve built,

Jonathan R. Jones Founder & Crewman #6 Liana Banyan Corporation

“Help Each Other Help Ourselves”

📬 TO RESPOND

Reply to this letter at: Founder@LianaBanyan.com

Or find us at: lianabanyan.com

🔑 GOLDEN KEY

This letter unlocks: CROWN-RALLY-001

Finding this key grants early access to Rally Group Responder training.

🏰 FOR THE KEEP! ⚔️

Enclosures:

• The Considered Approach (Academic Paper)
• Rally Group Business Plan
• The 300 Framework
• The Connected Keep

How We Amplify You

Liana Banyan amplifies the people it serves. We drive our audience to your storefronts, your channels, your practices. We don’t ask you to be our billboard. We ask to be your megaphone.

The louder you get, the louder we get — because your success is our revenue, and our revenue is your influence.

We amplify you. You amplify makers. Makers amplify their communities. Everyone gets louder together.

“We’d rather check on you 100 times for nothing than miss the one time you need us.”