Cover to Cover is almost here ….
HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS YET ??? Our festive Authors’ Luncheon is Sat May 17th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Be sure to send in your registration forms and payment by May 7th. We are excited about this year’s event at The Heights Golf Club in Rancho Bernardo because in addition to a delicious lunch, book signings, and a chance to bis on wonderful silent auction items, you will meet in person two fantastic San Diego authors, Linda Moore and Sandra Bonura.
Linda is a world traveler, speaker, art historian, recovering gallery owner, and brilliant newer author in the mystery genre. Her two recent novels are Attribution and the riveting Five Days in Bogotà.
Sandee is an award-winning author, historian and researcher, and educator for over twenty years. Her many works include her two latest books Empire Builder: John D Spreckels and the Making of San Diego and The Sugar King of California: The Life of Claus Spreckels. Her other published works focus on notable pioneers of San Diego and Hawaii that she will talk about, including Belle Benchley, San Diego’s “zoo mother.”
Cover to Cover is one of our important fundraisers for re-entry scholarships and it is always a fun and lively event for our members and guests. Details can be found in the flyer and registration forms available for download on our C2C site tab. We hope to see you there !
The new 2025 Re-entry Scholarship Applications have been added. Please go to their site tab above to download it.
A new film about Lilly Ledbetter viewed
On Monday, March 24, our branch hosted a screening of the new film, “Lilly,” at the Rancho Bernardo library. Over 100 people attended the film, which is based on the life of pay equity activist, Lilly Ledbetter. We also enjoyed Q&A afterward with one of the movie’s producers.
Ledbetter worked at Goodyear Tires and was paid less than her male counterparts for decades. She sued, won and then lost when the company appealed. She lost at the Supreme Court, but finally got Congress to approve pay equity legislation that was signed by President Barack Obama and was named after her.
She never stopped fighting, even though corporate America put many obstacles in her way.
The film, starring award-winning actress Patricia Clarkson, will be shown soon in select theaters across America.
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Member Interest Groups
Happy Healthy Hikers on the bridge walk near Balboa Park
Happy Healthy Hiker’s will hike Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve on Sat, May 9th … Join Travel Group for lunch at Cuscatlan Salvadorian Cruisine and More in Escondido on May 30th …. Bring a friend and sample wine with Grape Expectations at Sunshine Mountain Vineyard on May 23rd …. Or join one of our Book Clubs to discuss Desperation Reef by T Jefferson Parker, The Overstory by Richard Powers, and/or The Women by Kristin Hannah …
Great Decisions, is a world affairs policy discussion group assisted by reading material from the Foreign Policy Association, this month on May 8th, they will discuss India: Between China, The West and the Global South.
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.
Need to renew your membership? Most memberships expire each year on June 30. You have until then to go to the AAUW website to renew by credit card. Currently 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. You may be asked to reset your password 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: Apr 27, 2025.