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

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The Spot: Better than Saturday morning cartoons? Colorado Senate is likely to work this weekend  (The Denver Post)

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Katharine Hayhoe on why we need to talk about climate change  (MPR News)

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Can a Circular Economy Salvage the Climate?  (Buffalo News)

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Can a Circular Economy Salvage the Climate?  (Financial Content)

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International CSR news round-up  (Business in the Community)

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Le général américain Wesley Clark: «Daesh est une création israélienne»  (Alter Info)

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With ‘White,’ Gen X chronicler Bret Easton Ellis takes on Millennials  (DateBook)

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REMARKS TO THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB  (Hawaii Free Press)

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The best community and culture events in San Francisco this week  (ABC 7 News)

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BIG REVEAL for MUELLER report— HARRIS faces blowback on truancy — April TAX REVENUES rolling in — MEASLES hits GOOGLE HQ — SF theater tradition BEACH BLANKET BABYLON taking final bow  (Politico)

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Commonwealth Club Annual Dinner  (San Francisco Magazine)

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Sen. Kamala Harris Regrets S.F.-Born Truancy Policy  (SF Weekly)

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Why the Middle East is a disaster  (The Toledo Chronicle)

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Kamala Harris regrets California truancy law that led to arrest of some parents  (Rome-News Tribune)

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Kamala Harris regrets California truancy law that led to arrest of some parents  (LA Times)