Help us celebrate our birthday at Eldest Daughters Collective!🎊

Support the Eldest Daughters Collective: Empowering Eldest Daughters to Thrive & Heal 🌞

As eldest daughters, we often carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. Whether it's navigating family expectations, caregiving, or balancing cultural and personal identities, eldest daughters face unique challenges that often go unseen and unsupported. That’s where the Eldest Daughters Collective (EDC) comes in—creating a safe, supportive space where eldest daughters from immigrant and BIPOC families can come together, share stories, and find healing in community.

The Eldest Daughters Collective is a queer, BIPOC-led grassroots initiative that builds community, provides peer support, and uplifts the voices of self-identified eldest or only daughters. We’re dedicated to holding space for healing, growth, and collective empowerment through events, workshops, and digital resources. We are celebrating our first year together by fundraising for you and our future!

Why We Need Your Help

As a community-focused and volunteer-led organization, we need your support to sustain and expand our work. To continue providing healing, accessible spaces for eldest daughters, we are fundraising for our angel number $2,222 to cover the following needs:

Website Development: To establish a digital home for our community, where we can share resources, events, and stories, and launch our virtual store!
Event Space Rentals: To fund in-person gatherings, retreats, and workshops in accessible, safe spaces.
Scholarships for Members: To offer financial support for eldest daughters who may not otherwise be able to participate in our paid workshops or events.
Community Care Funds: To create mutual aid support for eldest daughters in need, providing emergency financial assistance, mental health support, and self-care kits.
Merchandise: Creating eldest-daughter-themed merch to build community pride and raise additional funds.
Speaker Stipends: Ensuring we can compensate the amazing speakers who generously share their time, wisdom, and experiences with us.
Organizer Stipends: Providing stipends for the grassroots organizers who have been working tirelessly to keep our collective alive and thriving.
And more! These funds will also help us grow and sustain future projects that foster healing, joy, and community for eldest daughters.

How Your Contribution Makes a Difference

Many of our members and community have expressed a desire to support the collective through donations, and now is the perfect opportunity to do so! By supporting our fundraiser, you’re directly contributing to the well-being and empowerment of eldest daughters who are often navigating complex intersections of identity, responsibility, and community care. Your contribution will help us continue to offer spaces of healing and solidarity, ensuring that every eldest daughter knows she is not alone.

No amount is too small—whether it's $5, $50, or $500, your support goes a long way in helping us reach our goal of $2,222. Together, we can build something meaningful and sustainable for eldest daughters everywhere.

Thank you for believing in our mission and being part of this journey with us. We see you, and we are so grateful for your support.

How we've grown 🌱

Collective born November 2023
First meeting launched in December 2023
Monthly meetings since February 2024 reaching over 70 members
Reached over 40,000 views on Instagram
Gathered over 600 followers within a year

Event Highlights:

Queer Eldest Daughters Virtual Support Group - September 25, 2024
A dedicated space for queer eldest daughters to gather, share, and support one another, led by Leidy and Yooji.
National Eldest Daughter Day Celebration - August 24, 2024
A special celebration marking the first National Eldest Daughter Day, featuring raffles, henna, tarot readings, crafts, and community bonding.
Pole Dance Party - June 29, 2024
A fun and engaging event held at My Body Shop in Riverdale, MD, encouraging community building and movement-based activities.
Present at AAUW National Conference for Women Collegiate Leaders- May 31, 2024
Khala, Trishia, & Yoo-Jin presented a workshop for NCWSSL's annual conference on the experiences of Eldest daughters, putting us on the national map.
Passion Planner 101 Workshop - May 16, 2024
A session on productivity and planning, hosted in collaboration with Passion Planner, providing practical tips on using the planner to achieve goals and maintain balance.
Let’s Focus/Study Together! with Khala & Yooji - May 13, 2024
A virtual co-working/study event, allowing participants to focus on their work in a supportive environment.

Celebrations & Community Engagement:

Self-Care Blooms Here: Pop-Up Shop! - April 5, 2024
When members make it out of the group chat, a unique shopping experience hosted by Fully Bloomed to discover an array of self-care essentials from incredible local women-owned businesses.

Happy Hour Event - March 14, 2024
A fun and casual happy hour gathering in the DMV area, encouraging social interaction among members.
Birthdays & Member Appreciation
Posts celebrate members' birthdays and acknowledge the collective's growth, such as reaching 400 followers and hosting special raffles for Eldest Daughters Day.
Collaborations
We have partnered with Flor del Soul for discounts and promotions for members of the Eldest Daughters Collective and Passion Planner to help us get our year off to a great start!

Future Highlights:

Book Club Launch - January 2025
The Eldest Daughters Book Club is set to launch with quarterly virtual meetings, focusing on books that resonate with eldest daughter experiences and healing journeys.
ELDEST Magazine- July 2025
ELDEST is our virtual magazine for eldest daughters. This first edition’s theme centers on healing, self and community care, and wellness!

Help us celebrate our birthday at Eldest Daughters Collective!🎊

🌟Support the Eldest Daughters Collective: Empowering Eldest Daughters to Thrive & Heal 🌞

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