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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Redecorate Your Life in 2018  (San Francisco Bay Times)

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Notable Palo Alto area people who died this year  (Palo Alto Online)

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Living in Trump's America: Reporter David Cay Johnston at Commonwealth Club 2/1/18  (HR.com)

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The Hoover Library & Archives Year In Review  (Public Now)

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How Hippie Food Changed the Way We Eat with Jonathan Kauffman  (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Kiss off the year with comedy at the Firehouse  (Pleasanton Weekly)

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Pentagon Papers whistle-blower wonders if doomsday scenario has changed  (The Record-Bee Opinion)

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Pentagon Papers whistle-blower outlines doomsday scenario: “If (Trump) wants a nuclear attack to take place, it will take place”  (The East Bay Times)

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Politics: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65  (Eveyo)

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San Francisco's mayor oversaw tax break that helped spark a new tech boom in the city  (Yahoo Finance)

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‘Giants fever’ and a famous brother — recalling Mayor Lee’s cornball humor  (San Francisco Chronicle)

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John Hart Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who  (The Daily Telescope)

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Literary guide, Dec. 10  (San Francisco Chronicle)

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UC President Janet Napolitano interviews Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky about campus free speech  (The Daily Californian)

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Michael Krasny in Marin: Oy, Does He Have Jokes for You  (San Francisco Bay Times)