Upcoming March 2025 General Meeting
Women Warriors
Annette Hubbell’s theatrical production, “Women Warriors“, will pay tribute to ordinary women who became extraordinary. Watch as she transforms herself into the historical women – Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary McLeod, and Gladys May Aylward. Her performance will be entertaining, informative, and inspiring!
Please join us on Wednesday afternoon,
March 12, 2025 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm.
The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the RB Eastview Community Center; 17520 Drayton Hall Way, San Diego, CA 92128. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to: aauwboard@gmail.com.
NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ?
This month AAUW National updated our website’s background theme. We have known it was going to happen for the last 2 yrs, but it finally is complete. Take a few minutes to look around and let me know if you have any suggestions on how you think the site might be improved. And please bear with us while we test and review different changes.
Remembering Lilly Ledbetter
We want to acknowledge the passing of one of our heroes, Lilly Ledbetter, who died on October 12, 2024. Lilly worked courageously with former AAUW Public Policy Director Lisa Maatz to get legislation passed through Congress to ensure fair and equal pay for women.
In January 2009, President Obama signed his first bill into law with Lilly and Lisa by his side; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. AAUW had a long-lasting, strong, and productive relationship with Lilly, and she never stopped advocating for gender pay equity. In her honor, AAUW vows to continue the fight. She was an inspiration to us all.
Speech Trek 2025: Spread the Word!
The Speech Trek competition returns on Saturday, February 8, 2025. This year’s topic is:
Climate Change is happening. The effects are widespread and touch upon almost all aspects of our life on this planet. Select one area of impact and explore the effect climate change is having on women in the USA, and around the world.
If you or someone you know is interested in participating in this event, please email us at aauwboard@gmail.com to be send a flyer with further information about the contest. We hope to attract students from a variety of local high schools for the contest this year, so please help spread the word!
Tech Trek Alumnae Group (TTAG) Update
We are so happy to share that the speaker for our fall alumni meeting was Grace Bohn, a NATO AGS Deputy Chief Engineer for Northrop Grumman. In college, Grace decided she wanted to work on something fun like an airplane, and wanted to stay close to her home, so she was thrilled when she learned that a lot of the unmanned aircraft in the USA are designed in Rancho Bernardo and Poway. Luckily, she was able to get a position at Northrop Grumman where she has been working for the past 16 years. Her favorite part of the job is mentoring engineers and
figuring out the hard problems.
Alumni campers, as well as parents, learned so much about the construction, safety, and operation of unmanned aircraft (drones). After the presentation the alumni constructed airplanes and went outside to fly them. Much was learned about weight distribution and airlift for a successful flight.
A fun and educational afternoon for all!
*** We are always looking for more youthful, dynamic women in STEM careers to meet our alumni group. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact us.
Notable Women in History – Trivia
The island nation of Saint Lucia is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean and is geographically included in Central America. It is the only country with a woman’s name. Legend states that French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on December 13, which is the feast day of Saint Lucy in Europe, and therefore named the island in her honor. Saint Lucia was initially called Louanalao (meaning “Island of the Iguanas”) by the Indigenous Arawak people
as early as 200 CE, and then as Hewanorra, in 800 AD, meaning “there where iguanas are found,” when the Carib Indians arrived and assimilated their culture into Saint Lucia.
Learn more about Saint Lucia the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia
Learn more about Lucia of Syracuse (283–304AD), also called Saint Lucia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy.
Member Interest Groups
Happy Healthy Hikers on the bridge walk near Balboa Park
Happy Healthy Hiker’s will do their annual Coronado walk from the ferry landing to Hotel Del and back, followed by lunch at Peohe’s. Join Travel Group for lunch at T & T Tacos and Tequila in Scripps Ranch on Dec 27th. Bring a friend and sample wine with Grape Expectations at Rancho Guejito Vineyard in Escondido on Dec 8th. Or join one of our Book Clubs to discuss Little Liar, by Mitch Albom. Our two other book clubs will be relaxing this month.
Great Decisions, is a world affairs policy discussion group assisted by reading material from the Foreign Policy Association, this month they will be relaxing, but join them in Jan for another riveting discussion.
We welcome potential members who would like to participate and visit a few of these activities. Please contact us if you are interested. You may reach us via email at aauwboard@gmail.com.
MEMBERSHIP MATTERS – Contact us to get involved!
“Our mission is to advance equity of women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research”
Chartered in 1971, our branch has over 100 members residing in the Poway, Penasquitos and Inland North County communities.
It’s that time of year again to renew your membership. By now you should have received your first notice from national since most of the memberships will expire June 30. You have until then to go to the AAUW website to renew by credit card. This year the membership dues are $115: $72 for National; $20 for CA; and $23 for our affiliate.
The first step is to log into the AAUW website. This year AAUW is requiring everyone to reset their passwords so you’ll have to enter your email address, then request to reset your password, which will be sent through your email account. Once you log in with your new password (remember to write it down and keep it for future use), click membership, and then renew national membership. Locating our affiliate is a bit tricky because they are listed by state, so look for the code CA0159 for Poway-Penasquitos. Once you check the branch, make sure you scroll down to the bottom and click submit. From there it will prompt you to the state, choose CA again, and scroll down to the bottom to submit. Then the process will take you to the payment page where you will enter your credit card info. Bingo, you are renewed for another year!
If you run into any problems, let us know. If you can’t pay on-line, you can send a check to our affiliate’s treasurer. Thank you to those that have already renewed!
Anyone interested to Join Us , please follow the link or contact us at aauwboard@gmail.com. We are happy to invite you to join us at a few meetings and/or activities so you may see why you should Join Us.
Updated: 21 Jan 2025 . . . . .