We represent a broad coalition of Buddhists from multiple traditions and lineages and with differing political opinions—radical, progressive, liberal, centrist, and conservative—who share the common goal of ensuring democracy’s survival.

We aspire towards a society that values all of its members and believe democratic values, institutions, and processes are the best means for realizing it. As Buddhists, we are called upon to witness, respond to, and resist the ongoing systematic destruction of norms and institutions that allow free societies to flourish.