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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Dianne Feinstein: On gun control: Finish the work  (Daily Democrat)

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Bay Area Health and Fitness Events  (SFGate)

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INFORUM Hosts Arianna Huffington and Sheryl Sandberg at Louis M. Davies Symphony Hall  (Digital Journal)

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Health Risks of Cell Phones and Wearable Devices  (Wall Street Pit)

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January 9: Mary-Rose Hayes and other SF events  (SF Examiner)

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Justice Sotomayor to drop ball, not gavel, on 2014 Times Square countdown  (Reuters)

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Pizarro: Linda Ronstadt will talk about her music and life at a Commonwealth Club event at Santa Clara University this month  (San Jose Mercury News)

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Q&A with Eric Schlosser, author of “Command and Control”  (SFGate)

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Savoring, and learning about, your local Contra Costa wineries  (Contra Costa Times)

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Field Poll: DiFi is down, Boxer is up, and almost nobody approves of Congress  (ChicoER)

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CED Releases Postsecondary Education Report With Lieutenant Governor Newsom  (Sacramento Bee)

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Dianne Feinstein: On gun control: Finish the work  (Daily Democrat News)

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US Secretary of the Interior Sandy Jewell. Climate and Energy Comments at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco  (Envirobeat)

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Capitol Alert: University of California president proposes tuition freeze  (The Fresno Bee)

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Interior Sec. Jewell: U.S. can pump oil and fight climate change  (San Francisco Chronicle)