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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Signature Silicon Valley: July 2016  (CreaTV San Jose)

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Boxer, at end of Senate run, discusses Marin years, new book and ‘bully’ Trump  (marinij.com)

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Professor honored for work on climate change consensus  (Harvard Gazette)

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Senator Barbara Boxer discusses distinguished political career in new book  (ABC 7)

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Commuters to BART: You're 'overpaid, overweight, can't manage your way out of a paper bag'  (San Francisco Business Times)

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California Book Awards go to Lucia Berlin, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jill Leovy  (The Mercury News)

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Literary Guide  (SFGate)

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Our picks for Monday June 13, 2016 Battles, California Book Awards, Motown on Mondays, more  (48 Hills)

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Silicon Valley watch out: Tech thriving in Africa  (USA Today)

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Walking, Preparing, and Letting Players Be Themselves: Inside the Mind of the Giants' Bruce Bochy  (SF Weekly)

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April 12-13: Lindi Ortega, Cowspiracy, Christie’s art preview, Elizabeth Crane, Megan Slankard, Jack Ü, Laura Tillman  (San Francisco Examiner)

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April 13-14: Van Jones, Shaka Senghor, Bunny Wailer, Filter, Yamandu Costa, Arianna Huffington, Justine Frischmann, Dan Lyons, Carolyn Cooke  (San Francisco Examiner)

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Commonwealth Club honors LA's Geschke for lifetime achievement  (Los Altos Town Crier)

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Doctor speaking in Mill Valley sings praises of medical cannabis  (marinj.com)

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John Kasich slates a San Francisco town hall ahead of California's GOP convention  (LA Times)