YWCA Inspire Luncheon

For more than three decades, the Inspire Luncheon has brought thousands of community members together to celebrate YWCA's mission and support services that change the lives of local women and families.

2025 YWCA Inspire Luncheon: We Are All Storytellers
Featuring Janet Mock (New York Times Bestselling Author, Director, Producer, Advocate)
Thursday, September 18 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | The Westin Seattle & online

You're invited to join us for the 2025 YWCA Inspire Luncheon: We Are All Storytellers on Thursday, September 18. Early bird registration opens on June 4.

Our keynote speaker this year is Janet Mock: the NYT best-selling author, director, producer, and advocate who made waves in the media industry as the first openly transgender woman of color to write and direct a television show and secure a major studio deal. She is a media powerhouse who hopes that her creations will empower people and equip them to tell their own stories.

As a writer, director, and producer, Janet is well-known for her path-clearing and historic work on the Peabody and Emmy award-winning TV series, "Pose." She's authored two New York Times bestselling memoirs, Redefining Realness (2014) and Surpassing Certainty (2017), about her journey as a Black and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) trans woman.

Janet has founded #GirlsLikeUs, #TransBookDrive, and serves on the boards of the Brooklyn Museum and the Arcus Foundation for social justice. She's been the recipient of many honors, including Harvard University’s Artist of the Year Award (2019), the PEN Center’s Award of Honor (2017), ESSENCE’s Black Women in Hollywood Award (2020), and TIME’s 100 most influential people list.

We can’t wait to have you join us in September!

Funds raised from ticket sales and donations help YWCA continue to provide and expand programs across King and Snohomish counties like emergency and permanent housing; domestic violence services; and job training.