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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Telstra exec quits to replace Musk as Tesla chairman  (Go Auto News Premium)

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Payment reform promotes equity between practice settings  (Urology Times)

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American capitalism broke in the 1980s. Can it be fixed?  (Recode)

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Senate race: Feinstein re-elected; Republicans keep Senate control  (SF Gate)

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Feinstein a favorite to win; Republicans pick up key win  (The Union Democrat)

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Ace of Cups, SF all-female psychedelic rock band overlooked in patriarchal ’60s, rises again  (Datebook (San Francisco Chronicle))

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VICENTE FOX: I CHANGED MY MIND—I WILL PAY FOR AMERICAN WALLS | OPINION  (Newsweek)

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Ace of Cups stops by to talk about upcoming album release  (ABC 7 News)

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Rick Wilson: Present Ally, Future Enemy But We Dismiss Him At Our Peril  (Daily Kos)

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The Health 202: Obamacare enrollment starts today. It will test GOP policies.  (Washington Post)

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BIDEN rallies for DEMS -- FEINSTEIN, HARRIS protest as critical KAVANAUGH vote arrives -- PROP 8’s union backers hit the airwaves -- GARCETTI on ‘extremely flawed’ drug reform rollout  (Politico)

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What's going on in Silicon Valley? Here's what's up for Oct. 26-Nov. 3  (Biz Journals)

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Decades after fading from SF’s psychedelic scene, the Ace of Cups arrives  (Marin Independent Journal)

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Julián Castro answers critics who blast him for not being fluent in Spanish  (San Francisco Chronicle )

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Think you're seeing a lot of campaign ads? California's next superintendent debated  (The Sacramento Bee)