Anita Carman, the Founder and President of Inspire Women woke up at the age of 17 to find her mother had taken her own life. “From the mother I could not save,” says Anita, “God transformed my pain into passion to help every woman who still has the chance to make the right choice to finish well.”
Since 2003 we have been inspiring, sustaining, and investing in women in Houston, TX and surrounding areas.
A united sisterhood of women who have unlocked their God-given potential, found their spark and use their lives to change the world.
To empower women across all ethnicities, denominations and economic levels to change our world through inspiration that awakens potential, programs that sustain service, and scholarships and grants that invest in the potential for ministry and service.
To date, we have reached over 35,000 women. We produce conferences to awaken God’s purpose in thousands of women in Houston across ethnicities and denominations.
We meet face to face and empower over 1000 pastor wives, ministry and business leaders a year. We sustain service with monthly programs to encourage, non-profit and community leaders to keep serving.
Over $2.4 million in scholarships and ministry grants. We mentor leaders, fund scholarships to seminary and ministry grants to empower women to serve at their potential to change our world.
60% of scholarship recipients have experienced abuse; 40% are pastor wives and ministry leaders who need tuition assistance.
Our conference attendees range in age from 25-75 and are seeking God’s purpose or need a new beginning.
1/3 of ministry leaders abandon the cause unless someone encourages them to keep going.
70% are minorities reflecting the multi-ethnic diversity in our city.
Anita Carman
Founder & President
At the age of 17, following a childhood in Hong Kong filled with emotional trauma and incredible challenges, Anita Carman came to the United States to build a new life. Just before leaving Hong Kong, Anita lost her mother to suicide; an event that unraveled her world in an instant but set her in the direction which God was calling her.
Kim Watson, V.P.
Mary Ann Belin
Robert Carman
Judy Horne
Denise Malloy
Cathy Wining-Thomas
Jill Briscoe
Steven D. Alvis
Sue Burnett
Dougal Cameron
Cindy Crane Garbs
Sharon Dawson
Judene Deakle
Donna Fujimoto Cole
Susan Hodge
Julie Jordan
Johnnie Lee
Janet Macheledt
Brandi McDonald Sikes
Sharon Morris
Mary Redmond
Ann Thetford
Jim Thomas
Byron Ubernosky
Ale Veltmann
Jerry Walker
Elizabeth Wareing
Francie Willis
Mia Wright
