Sara Cunningham is an author, activist, and founder of the non-profit organization Free Mom Hugs. Her journey is a surprising one that began in conservative Oklahoma, when her son, Parker, came out as gay. As a woman of faith, Sara wrestled with the news until she began to study, research, and reconcile the two worlds. This journey resulted in her book How We Sleep at Night. She found herself on a journey “from the church to the Pride parade,” falling in love with the LGBTQIA+ community. In the wake of beautiful glitter-covered hugs and heart-breaking horror stories, the mission of Free Mom Hugs began. Simple acts of love and acceptance turned into a viral sensation, and Sara knew she had the opportunity to lead impactful change.

Free Mom Hugs is now a movement across the country and the world. Sara goes Beyond the Hug to educate and advocate organizations of all types including schools and businesses striving for safe and protected spaces. She has appeared, many times with her son Parker, on the Today show and The RuPaul Show and spoke at the 2019 GLAAD Awards. She also has been featured in many national publications including The Washington Post, Woman’s Day magazine, and People magazine. Sara is currently in partnership with Jamie Lee Curtis, who has purchased the rights to her book and will release a movie based on her story. An upcoming documentary about the Mama Bears movement by award winning director Daresha Kyi also features Sara and the Free Mom Hugs movement.

Sara’s passion is to change the perspective of the outside world toward this beautiful part of our community so that we as a society, not only learn to affirm, but more importantly, celebrate. Her goal is to help parents and children have authentic relationships and understanding for each other using her own experience and education as a guide. Sara is passionate about connecting with faith, civic, and business leaders in efforts to make the world a kinder, safer place for our LGBTQIA+ family. She is gifted at inspiring others to join her in this movement that is sweeping the nation and the world.

Janet is full of wit and wisdom! Tune into iHeart media’s KJ103 morning show daily to get the “three things you should know” then watch a therapeutic video created while she’s in a Chick-fil-A drive through to unlock your full potential.

Lee is a non-profit, community transformation veteran, with over 25 years of serving others through non-profit and others-oriented organizations.  He loves the compelling power of stories and loves finding connections between the mundane and the sacred.  He has served as a pastor, higher education ambassador and community transformation agent.  Lee is an Oklahoma native and a proud alumnus of Southern Nazarene University.  He and his wife of 28 years  are raising an adult son on the Autism spectrum–for whom he credits with keeping him broken in the right places.

Lee loves moving an audience with the power of transformative stories; finding joy, laughter, hope and beauty–even in the most broken things.

Gina Brewer is an award-winning screenwriter, actress, producer, and director. She has won on local and national stages from Miss Shawnee and Miss Oklahoma Royalty International to film festivals in New York and Vegas. She is apart of the Writers Guild of America.

Gina is the showrunner for the TV series “The Joneses” that is currently filming the first season.

Gina is passionate about working within the community and giving back through community service. She is an advocate for children and adults with disabilities.

A former journalist and producer with Fox 25, she can now be found working on film sets with her production company Summer Cloud Productions and singing with The Voices of Crossings at Crossings Community Church.

Kamau-Adisa (Meaning: Quiet Warrior. Teacher of the Clear) is the founder of the LUX conference and K41982 apparel. He has worked as a graphic designer for Express Employment Professionals and is currently Ripple Effect’s graphics designer and marketing producer.

I specialize in helping people reach their goals through enhanced communication skills. I have been particularly successful with people working in EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, and ENGINEERING who want to overcome their fear of public speaking, are unhappy with their attempts at communicating their ideas, and have been disappointed by their results.

Dr. Doug Hacking, MBA has received national recognition from almost every organization he’s been with by building solid teams that exceeded everyone’s expectations. His professional career started as a top-performing pharmaceutical sales representative generating millions in sales. Today, Doug works as a pharmacist, adjunct faculty, author, corporate consultant and event organizer focused on the mental health aspects of JOB STRAIN. He has blended twenty years of professional teaching experience with research and practice to create a system aimed at helping us lower stress levels at home and in the workplace.

One of Derrick’s favorite childhood memories is riding around with his father, picking up neighborhood kids, taking them to the community center, teaching them a skill or sport, feeding them, washing their clothes and taking them back home. Now that Derrick is an adult and his father has passed away, Derrick continues to carry on the legacy of caring for people by feeding their hearts and souls, doing his best to spread joy and infusing those around him with a positive perspective. While his passion would be plenty, Derrick has a Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Management, a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies, started OMOS Team Building in 2013 and has a wife of 19 years and two teenagers to keep him motivated to change the world….one person, one group at a time.