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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Premier candidat ouvertement gay à la Maison Blanche, Pete Buttigieg lève 7 millions de dollars  (Paris Match)

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Election results fuel war on California’s charter schools  (Pasadena Star-News)

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Election results fuel war on charter schools  (CALMatters)

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Pete Buttigieg says his team raised more than $7 million in first quarter  (Fox 61)

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PETE BUTTIGIEG WILL BE 'THE FACTOR ON THE DEBATE STAGE' THAT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT, POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS  (Newsweek)

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NOMINATE A ‘FORWARD-THINKING, YOUNG, GOOD-LOOKING MAYOR,’ QUIPS 2020 DEMOCRATIC HOPEFUL PETE BUTTIGIEG  (Newsweek)

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Pete Buttigieg Says Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ Vow ‘Not Honest’  (HuffPost)

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Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wows San Francisco crowd as he rises in polls  (The Mercury News)

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A 37-Year Old Indiana Mayor Gets a Boost in a Crowded 2020 Field  (Bloomberg)

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Buttigieg slams Trump's 'MAGA' slogan as 'false promise' to workers affected by automation  (The Hill)

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Buttigieg: MAGA makes a "false promise" for workers disaffected by automation  (Axios)

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Former Gov. Jerry Brown’s days filled with grazing cows, drawing well water at Colusa ranch  (SF Chronicle)

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In a coastal state with 4.5 million Trump voters, Pete Buttigieg says coastal states don’t know Trump voters  (The Washington Post)

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Midwestern 'Mayor Pete' Wows San Francisco Progressives  (KCBS Radio)

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Midwestern mayor Buttigieg wows progressive Dems in San Francisco  (SMI Online)