“Nothing Happens Until People Start Talking”

About City Club Forums

Since its inception in 1995, the City Club of Boise has hosted more than 150 forums on a variety of subjects. Our average attendance is 200 people.

Forums, which include lunch, cost $16 for members and $21 for non-members. There is a $5 fee to listen only (no meal.)

Past speakers include:

• Idaho Governors Phil Batt and Dirk Kempthorne
• U.S. Senators Larry Craig, Mike Crapo and Alan Simpson
• Congressmen Mike Simpson, Butch Otter and Helen Chenoweth
• Dan Glickman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Norman Mineta, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• Olympia Dukakis, Actor
• Michael Hoffman, Film Director
• Sister Helen Prejean, author, “Dead Man Walking”
• Bud Selig, Commissioner, Major League Baseball
• Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Ira Glasser, American Civil Liberties Union
• Marsha Johnson Evans, President, American Red Cross
• Prof. Richard Florida, Carnegie Mellon University
• Dr. Yasmin Aguilar, Afghan refugee
• Kevin Klose, President, National Public Radio
• Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
• Admiral Archie Clemins, U.S. Navy (ret.)
• Juergen Chroberg, German Ambassador
• Antonio Oyarzabal, Spanish Ambassador

Cost for Forums
$16 for Members
$21 for Non-Members
$10 for Students
$5 for Listeners (no meal)