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La Mesa-El Cajon Branch of AAUW

La Mesa-El Cajon Branch is a Five-Star Program for FY 24!

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It’s Scholarship Application Season! 

College Scholarships – For female college students
Applications due April 11, 2025

Women in History Scholarship – For female high school seniors going to college
Applications due March 31, 2025

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AAUW’s mission is to advance gender equity for women and girls  through research, education, and advocacy.
AAUW’s vision is equity for all.
AAUW’s values are non-partisan and fact-based. We value integrity, inclusion, and intersectionality.

Click for a one-page flyer about AAUW.


Online Auction Open for Bids

Auction proceeds help us fund scholarships for women and girls. It’s open until 5 pm on Sunday, April 6th. Click HERE (https://www.32auctions.com/LMEC2025).

Among the offerings are a delicious luncheon for three, a fun British Tea plus bridge for 16, and several cute Comfort Chickens. There are more than 200 items, including toys, puzzles, vases, a bronze ware set, a treadmill, pots and pans, clothing, jewelry, etc. 

Coming Up

25th Annual Author’s Luncheon Scholarship Fundraiser – April 5, 2025

Reservation deadline: March 26, 2025
Click to go to Author’s Luncheon page.

AAUW National has named the La Mesa-El Cajon Branch, along with 14 other branches across the nation, a Five-Star Program for FY 24!

This award is given in recognition of a branch’s work in alignment with AAUW National’s strategic plan and other initiatives that foster the organization’s mission of advancing gender equity for women and girls. To obtain this award, our branch demonstrated its achievements in the focus areas of the Five-Star National Recognition Program:

  • Programs
  • Advancement
  • Communications & External Relations
  • Governance & Sustainability
  • Public Policy & Research