PRESS ROOM

The office of Media and Public Relations provides notification of ongoing Commonwealth Club 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 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

May 31, 2019: 

Manipulated Pelosi Video, Take 2  (FactCheck.org)

May 31, 2019: 

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

May 31, 2019: 

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

May 31, 2019: 

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

May 31, 2019: 

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

May 31, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

Delayed aid  (WORLD)

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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

May 30, 2019: 

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