Initiative

Crown Invitation — Let’s Make Dinner Dear Chef Chauhan, We are inviting you to wear the Crown Grand Chef of Liana Banyan Initiative #1 — Let’s Make Dinner. This is a working seat at the head of a cooperative food economy we are building, not a figurehead role and not a marketing line. If the rest of this letter composes with your work and your values, we would welcome a reply at any temperature — full interest, conditional, decline-with-feedback, or silence. ...

Crown Invitation — Let’s Go Shopping Dear Ms. Laughton, We are inviting you to wear the Crown Marketplace Steward of Liana Banyan Initiative #3 — Let’s Go Shopping. This is a working seat at the head of a cooperative marketplace that we have already begun to build. If the rest of this letter composes with the operating philosophy you have spent your career proving out, we would welcome a reply at any temperature — full interest, conditional, decline-with-feedback, or silence. ...

[SUPERSEDED - Active Crown for #2 is Stacy Mitchell] 👑 CROWN LETTER: JOSÉ ANDRÉS Provisioner Mentor Lord Banyan of Let’s Get Groceries Board Member, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Chef Andrés, ...

Crown Letter: Ashton Applewhite The Family Table — Age Champion January 24, 2026 Dear Ms. Applewhite, This chair rocks. So does the person sitting in it. You’ve spent years demolishing the assumption that aging is decline — that older adults are burdens to be managed rather than resources to be celebrated. This Chair Rocks isn’t just a book title. It’s a manifesto against the ageism that tells half our population they’re past their expiration date. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: BRENÉ BROWN Harper Prime Mentor, Lady Banyan of Care First Keeper of the Harper Guild Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Date: January 23, 2026 Dear Dr. Brown, You’ve spent your career studying what happens when people dare to be vulnerable — when they show up, take risks, and let themselves be seen. I’ve built a platform that depends entirely on that kind of courage. The Harper Guild is the conscience of Liana Banyan — care coordinators embedded in every initiative, paid by the platform rather than by the businesses they serve, trained to watch for worker wellbeing and maintain the culture that makes cooperation possible. ...

Crown Letter: Dr. Marc Freedman The Family Table — Bridge Builder January 24, 2026 Dear Dr. Freedman, What if every family had a village? Not a metaphorical village. A real one — with people across generations who show up for each other. Grandparents who aren’t isolated. Young families who aren’t overwhelmed. Wisdom flowing in one direction, energy flowing in the other. You’ve spent your career proving this isn’t nostalgia. It’s infrastructure. CoGenerate exists because you understand that separating generations doesn’t just hurt older adults — it impoverishes everyone. ...

🛡️ SHIELD LETTER: RUTH M. GLENN First Shield Mentor, Lady Banyan of Protection Guardian of the Shield Table, First Seat First Shield Knight of the United States Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Ms. Glenn, People close to me whom I love are domestic abuse survivors. In addition, 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. ...

CROWN LETTER: DR. MARIAELENA HUAMBACHANO Builder Crown - Power to the People Initiative Liana Banyan Corporation To: Dr. Mariaelena Huambachano From: Jonathan Jones, Founder Date: March 5, 2026 Re: Invitation: Serve as a “Builder Crown” for a new cooperative infrastructure Dear Dr. Huambachano, My name is Jonathan Jones, and I’m building Liana Banyan, a cooperative marketplace and incubator meant to support exactly the kind of work you already do: people building real things—food systems, tools, and businesses—who want to keep value and control close to home. ...

👑 CROWN LETTER: JESSICA JACKLEY Lender Mentor Lady Banyan of Village Savings & Loans Board Member, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Ms. Jackley, You heard Muhammad Yunus speak, and it changed your life. So did I. You quit your job, moved to East Africa, interviewed entrepreneurs in Uganda, came back, and built Kiva. $2 billion in loans. 98.5% repayment rate. 206 countries. The world’s first peer-to-peer microlending platform. I didn’t build Kiva. But I’ve spent nine years building something that needs what Kiva proved: that if you trust people with small amounts of capital and wrap community around them, they will build something worth more than the loan. ...

🛡️ SHIELD LETTER: ROBERT KAISER First Shield Knight, Lord Banyan of the Watch Guardian of the United Kingdom Founding Member of the Shield Table Board Candidate, Liana Banyan Corporation Dear Mr. Kaiser, I found your work because I was looking for someone who could see violence coming before it arrives. That sounds dramatic. Let me explain. My name is Jonathan Jones. I’m an American — a 53-year-old father of eight, U.S. 11B and 15A veteran, 21 years I.T. developer. 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. We had no television until I was 13 in Montana, so I read a lot, and I’m good at chess. I’ve spent 40+ years thinking and nine years building a cooperative commerce platform called Liana Banyan, and one of its fourteen initiatives is a protection system called Defense Klaus. ...