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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Essential Politics: Alabama Senate Race Threatens Trump agenda  (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Democrat Sex Scandals Upset Effort to Dump Sen. Diane Feinstein  (Red State Talk Radio)

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Brazile: ‘My Democratic friends are mad at me’  (The Courier-Tribune)

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'My Democratic friends are mad at me': Donna Brazile explains herself in deep-left San Francisco  (Hartford Courant)

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Celebrities are coming to Sacramento for the 2017-18 Speakers Series  (The Sacramento Bee)

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Caitlyn Jenner removed from the reality of other trans people  (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Congratulations Ben Madley  (UCLA Social Science Division)

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Mexico's ex-president, in lively speech, calls Trump "a crazy guy"  (SF Gate)

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Vicente Fox Tees off on Donald Trump  (Economic Policy Journal)

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What Y Combinator chief thinks of Trump, AI and startups  (Axios)

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Inforum panel talks Trump and LGBT rights  (The Bay Area Reporter)

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Ayesha Curry’s Career Heats Up With Cookbook, Cooking Show  (CBS SF Bay Area)

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Bay Area residents gather for debate  (San Francisco Examiner)

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Presidential Debate Watch Party  (KTVU)

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'Spend the Night With Alan Cumming' at the Castro Theater  (Edge Media Network)