Celebrating Mothers Brunch 2026 Honorees

Sara M. Lomax

Sara M. Lomax is the President and CEO of WURD Radio, Pennsylvania's only African-American owned talk radio station. She is credited with transforming WURD Radio from a legacy talk radio station to a multimedia communications company providing cutting edge, original programming on air, online and through community events. In 2021, Sara co-founded URL Media (which stands for Uplift, Respect and Love), a national network of Black and Brown owned and led media organizations that share content, distribution and revenues to increase their long-term sustainability. Prior to her work with WURD and URL, in 1992 Sara co-founded HealthQuest: Total Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit, one of the country's first nationally circulated consumer magazines focused specifically on Black health and wellness.  Sara has received numerous awards including an Honorary Doctorate from Arcadia University. In 2024 she completed the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. She is an avid yoga and meditation practitioner and the mother of three amazing sons. 

Dr. Arline Geronimus

Dr. Arline T. Geronimus is a Professor of Health Education and Health Equity at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and a founding affiliate of the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health. Elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Geronimus originated Weathering theory, positing that members of marginalized and maligned communities pay a high price in their health as they strive to be authentic and to survive, cope with, and overcome structured injustice in their daily round.  She identifies historical, political, ideological and social dynamics that activate the weathering process in our bodies, as well as the material, environmental, health system, social psychological and human biological mechanisms through which weathering exacts its toll on health. Pointing to collective strategies marginalized communities employ to mitigate, resist, or undo weathering, she considers the trade-offs these strategies reflect and the perturbations public policy per usual poses to community-engaged protections. Her award-winning book, WEATHERING: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, outlines Weathering theory, the four decades of research that supports it, its consequences for the health of women, children and families, offering a roadmap toward hope, joy, and healing.