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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Remembering the shocking treatment of the American Taliban  (Turkmenistan News)

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Why the Founding Fathers hated paper money  (WND)

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49ers coach Katie Sowers breaks new ground, fulfills her NFL dream  (SF Gate)

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Inspired by Spurs' Becky Hammon, 49ers coach breaks new ground, fulfills her NFL dream  (San Antonio Express News)

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Katie Sowers, 49ers’ assistant coach, sees change for women in sports  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Summer Meditations on Delusion  (India Currents)

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Bay Area political events: Texas AG candidate, new citizen voting  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Three cheers for the red, white and blue  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Mexico’s presidential election will affect the US  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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California Republicans See New Gas Tax as Rallying Point  (Transport Topics)

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4 things to do on the cheap in San Francisco this week  (ABC 7 News)

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In fighting California gas tax, national Republicans see rallying point  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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The New Digital Workplace Divide: U.S. Workers Whose Employer Provides Outdated Technology Feel Less Productive, are 750 Percent More Likely to be Frustrated and 450 Percent More Likely to Want to...  (Markets Insider)

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Monetary Policy at a Time of Uncertainty and Tight Labor Markets: Chairman Jerome H. Powell at "Price and Wage-Setting in Advanced Economies," an ECB Forum on Central Banking, Sintra, Portugal  (Mondovisione)

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Leonard Perlmutter’s 18th Annual Transformative Learning Retreat to be Held at The American Meditation Institute in Averill Park, New York  (Times Union)