PRESS ROOM

The office of Media and Public Relations provides notification of ongoing Commonwealth Club World Affairs events to the public and the press and handles media relations. Please find below press releases and articles regarding program developments and significant events, forums, and lectures at the Club.

Founded in 1903, The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California has played host to a broad and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Nancy Pelosi in 2020. Just a sampling of other noteworthy guests includes Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Audrey Hepburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Walter Cronkite, Milton Friedman, Jane Goodall, Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates, Stacey Abrams, David Brooks, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Reza Aslan, all of whom have delivered landmark speeches and discussions here.

For information and for media credentials, contact:
John Zipperer, Vice President of Media & Editorial
jzipperer@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6715

In the News

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As U.S. ponders reaction to Syrian attack, Mattis cancels two Bay Area appearances  (SF Gate)

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Traveling Holocaust commemoration exhibits arrive in S.F.  (The Jewish News of Northern California)

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Inflection Point: Why Rosie the Riveter is "Not my icon” - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service  (KALW)

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San Francisco International Film Festival raises issues about kids  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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'Hunting the Truth: Memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld'  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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A Look Inside The Commonwealth Club's New 'Home For Ideas'  (Hoodline)

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Sean Penn to discuss (defend?) new novel at SF Commonwealth Club  (East Bay Times)

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A Historian’s Advice on Living to 100  (Columbian College of Arts and Sciences' History and News Network)

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Rosie the Riveter isn’t a universal icon: “That was a white woman’s story”  (Salon)

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Daniel Ellsberg among finalists for California Book Awards  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Documentary brings West Oakland’s musical legacy to light  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Missing in Action: Breed Has Spotty Attendance Record for Mayoral Forums  (SF Weekly)

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Marin Pizza offers farm-to-table, build-your-own pies  (Marinij)

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What was the catalyst for the #MeToo movement?  (KFOG)

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Full transcript: Nell Scovell talks David Letterman, Sheryl Sandberg and ‘The Simpsons’ on Recode Media  (Recode)