MEDIA ADVISORY Cicilline 20220829

The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105
commonwealthclub.org

PRESS CONTACT:
John Zipperer, VP, Media & Editorial, jzipperer@commonwealthclub.org

AUGUST 29, 2022, San Francisco — The Commonwealth Club of California announced that U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI 1st District) will be in-person at The Commonwealth Club of California Wednesday, September 7, 12:30 PDT. He will discuss important steps he says need to be taken to defend democracy. Rep. Cicilline will be in conversation with Mark Follman, national affairs editor of Mother Jones.

The program is open to the public both in-person and online. Tickets are available via https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-09-07/congressman-david-cicilline-fighting-democracy-matters

Over the past two years, Rhode Island congressman David N. Cicilline has become an outspoken voice on some of the most critical issues facing the country and the Bay Area, including regulating and reining in big social media companies, reducing gun violence, and promoting economic development. As chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, Rep. Cicilline is a leader in efforts to promote equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Thrust into the national spotlight during the second impeachment of President Trump, Cicilline is increasingly concerned about America's democracy and the threats to it from within the country and on Capitol Hill itself. He believes in an extensive response that spans both citizen opposition and potent political reforms, including an end to the Senate filibuster, discarding the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court, and requiring that justices adhere to a code of ethics. He outlines some of these thoughts in his new book, House on Fire: Fighting for Democracy in the Age of Political Arson. Cicilline spares no one from criticism as he argues for a politics that produces results and warns that without it, America could slip into being a country we no longer recognize.

Please join us to hear a rising force in Democratic politics on fighting for what matters.

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-09-07/congressman-david-cicilline-fighting-democracy-matters

The Commonwealth Club of California is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public forum that hosts hundreds of programs a year featuring speakers on a wide variety of topics and from a broad range of views. In addition to its live programs, it produces a weekly radio program—the nation’s oldest—that airs on 230 stations nationwide, a weekly TV program that airs in the Bay Area, and hundreds of podcasts and videos a year. Founded in 1903, The Commonwealth Club is the nation’s oldest and largest public affairs forum. For more information, visit commonwealthclub.org. 

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