WELCOME
Welcome to the website for the Poway/Penasquitos branch of the American Association of University Women. We are a vibrant group who are committed to the AAUW mission of promoting educational and career opportunities for girls and women. We meet monthly to explore and discuss topics related to our mission. We offer scholarships to women returning to education, run math & science camp for girls and also hold a public speaking contest for high school students.
We also like to have fun and members have formed interest groups that enjoy hiking, books, winetasting, travel and current events discussions. If you’d like to know more, please read on. And to join us, scroll down for membership information.
Thank you to our authors, the volunteers, and everyone who attended and helped to make the 25th Annual COVER TO COVER event a success! Cover to Cover is one of our important fundraisers for re-entry scholarships and was again a fun and lively event for all who attended.
Just a reminder that MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL emails from National will be going out soon. Most members need to renew before July 1st, but some members now renew on the anniversary of their joining date, so be sure to check your renewal date when you receive the email.
We have an AAUW-CA SPEECH TREK Winner! On Saturday, April 28, AAUW-CA held its Annual Event which included the finals in teh statewide Speech Trek Competition. Our branch’s winner, Aditya Kumar, was awarded THIRD PLACE. He was presented with a prize of $1,000. Aditya’s speech can be viewed on YouTube.
This will be the last statewide Speech Trek contest. We have been given permission by State to use the name and existing names
Our branch sent 12 campers to TECH TREK camp this year. These 7th grade girls spent a week in June living on the USD campus with AAUW teachers, volunteer dorm moms and junior and senior counselors – high school & college girls who attended the camp when they were 12. More information will be posted in September when the girls attend our meeting to talk about the experience.
For all the Girl Scouts out there, this month’s FEATURED HISTORY MAKER is Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) who founded the Girl Guides, and later renamed Girl Scouts, in 1912. Previously she had worked as a Girl Guide leader while she was in the United Kingdom.
While the first troop registered 18 girls, the organization has greatly expanded to 3.7 million members today. The focus of Girl Scouts is for girls to learn skills for the future as well as to provide service to others. In addition, Girl Scouts promote confidence, courage, and camaraderie among young girls and women.
Juliette was deeply committed to the group, always wearing her uniform, and recruiting girls wherever she went. Her legacy was honored in 1979 when she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
Learn more about Juliette Gordon Low and her powerful legacy that still feels relevant to all Girl Scouts, past and present: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/discover/about-us/history/juliette-gordon-low.html (photo credit Girl Scouts)
Happy Healthy Hikers on the bridge walk near Balboa Park
Our Interest Groups are on holiday over the summer but will restart their activities in September. Please visit here again for updates!
Happy Healthy Hiker’s will walk .. on … Join Travel Group for a visit to .. on …. Bring a friend and sample wine with Grape Expectations at .. on …. Or join one of our Book Clubs to discuss …
Great Decisions, is a world affairs policy discussion group assisted by reading material from the Foreign Policy Association, this month on .., they will discuss ….
We welcome potential new members to participate in 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 120 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 $117: $74 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: July 14, 2025.