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

Manipulated Pelosi Video, Take 2  (FactCheck.org)

More House Democrats are ready to impeach Trump, making Pelosi's job tougher  (euronews.com)

Pelosi: Impeachment Not 'Off the Table' but Dems Still Need to Make a 'Compelling' Case  (Latest Nigerian News)

Refusal to remove video shows Facebook enabled Russian election meddling  (The Asian Age)

San Francisco Democratic Party pushes for non-citizens to join party as convention kicks off  (ABC 7 News)

Why Nancy Pelosi doesn’t seem fazed by the growing Democratic calls for impeachment  (The Washington Post)

1 big thing: Pelosi swats away impeachment — again  (Axios)

AFTER ROBERT MUELLER'S SPEECH, DEMOCRATS ARE AS DIVIDED AS EVER ON IMPEACHMENT  (Newsweek)

Delayed aid  (WORLD)

Mueller Adds to Impeachment Fervor, But Democrats Won’t Move Fast  (Yahoo! News)

Mueller Adds to Impeachment Fervor, But Democrats Won’t Move Fast  (Bloomberg)

Nancy Pelosi torches Donald Trump's new immigration plan with Melania Trump dig  (AOL)

Nancy Pelosi: Facebook’s refusal to remove video shows it enabled Russian election meddling  (Venture Beat)

Political forecaster: Impeachment 'is the strategy for Democrats to win in 2020'  (CBS Austin)

Political forecaster: Impeachment 'is the strategy for Democrats to win in 2020'  (ABC 6)