Celebrate the Healer Within: Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr. Mural Community Paint Day

Come out to paint and help create a new mural celebrating Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr. (1932–2013), a physician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist whose decades of service transformed health care access for Philadelphia’s African American community.

For 32 years, Dr. Lomax provided compassionate medical care in Point Breeze and across Philadelphia, building full-service medical centers in underserved, predominantly Black neighborhoods. Celebrate the Healer Within by Athena Scott brings his story to life, from the site of his first Point Breeze clinic to an organization he founded providing essential medical care to incarcerated people.

After development obscured David McShane’s A Tribute to Dr. Lomax in 2023, the Lomax family partnered with the Point Breeze Business Association and Mitchum Wilson Funeral Home to revive it.

Come learn, create, and help keep Point Breeze history and Dr. Lomax’s legacy alive!