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Where Women of Color with Autoimmune Diseases Come to Heal, Grow, and Thrive.
Our Mission
The Blooming Collective Project exists to support, uplift, and empower women of color living with autoimmune diseases. We are on a mission to create a safe, restorative space where women navigating chronic illness can find community, resources, and the tools to reclaim their joy, health, and purpose. We believe healing is more than survival—it's about thriving, blooming, and living fully on our own terms.
About Us
Living with an autoimmune disease as a woman of color is a layered, often overlooked experience. From delayed diagnoses to lack of culturally competent care, we understand the journey—and we're here to walk it together.
At The Blooming Collective Project, we center the unique needs of our community through wellness programs, financial support, and spaces built for honest, healing conversations.
Meet Our Founder Erika Johnson
Erika Johnson is a strategist, wellness advocate, and Lupus warrior. After her diagnosis in 2021, Erika experienced firsthand the isolation, fear, and frustration that come with managing a chronic illness—especially as a Black woman. Determined to turn her pain into purpose, she founded The Blooming Collective Project to make sure no woman of color facing autoimmune disease ever feels unseen or unsupported.
Erika is passionate about creating spaces that nurture rest, restoration, and reinvention. Her work bridges her personal healing journey with her expertise in community-building and operations, helping women bloom at every stage of life—despite chronic illness
How We Help
We provide culturally affirming resources designed by and for women of color with autoimmune diseases, including:
Healing Circles
Virtual and in-person support groups rooted in rest, sisterhood, and shared experience.
Wellness Workshops
Tools for managing chronic illness through nutrition, mental health, and lifestyle practices.
Micro-Grants
Financial relief for medical bills, wellness treatments, and self-care support
Bloom Care Kits
Thoughtfully curated packages to nourish your body, mind, and spirit during flare-ups or recovery.
How We Help
We provide culturally affirming resources designed by and for women of color with autoimmune diseases, including:
Healing Circles
Virtual and in-person support groups rooted in rest, sisterhood, and shared experience.
Wellness Workshops
Tools for managing chronic illness through nutrition, mental health, and lifestyle practices.
Micro-Grants
Financial relief for medical bills, wellness treatments, and self-care support.
Bloom Care Kits
Thoughtfully curated packages to nourish your body, mind, and spirit during flare-ups or recovery.
How to Donate
Help us pour into the women who are so often left out of the conversation. Your donation helps provide critical resources, direct support, and safe spaces for women of color navigating autoimmune diseases.
Every dollar helps fund our mission to ensure no woman has to heal alone.
Get In Touch With Us
We’d love to connect with you! Whether you’re seeking support, resources, or ways to collaborate—reach out.