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Sara Cunningham


Sara Cunningham

Sara Cunningham is a mother, author, speaker, and founder of Free Mom Hugs, a national nonprofit empowering the world to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community through visibility, education, and conversation. Her journey has been featured in The New York Times, on national television, and in the documentary Mama Bears. She is the author of How We Sleep at Night and the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.  




EXPERIENCES
    Show Date
    Sat 5 Sep 2026 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
    Title ShortSara Cunningham
    Venue Forum
    Experience DescriptionTBD
    Show Date
    Sat 5 Sep 2026 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM
    Title ShortUnbound by Love: Stories That Give Us Hope
    Venue Library
    Experience DescriptionIn this heartfelt storytelling session, Sara Cunningham and Liz Dyer, two mothers of LGBTQ+ children, share pivotal moments that transformed their lives—from uncertainty and inherited expectations to fierce love, advocacy, and community. Through powerful stories of the people they’ve met, the lessons they’ve learned, and the ways their own hearts have been expanded, they explore what it means to become unbound by love. These stories invite participants to reflect on the beliefs that bind us—and to imagine the hope, courage, and connection that can emerge when we choose love instead.