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KTVU segment on RPF’s inaugural Art of Peace project

NewsBy giographixJanuary 17, 2018Leave a comment

Dismantled Guns, Bullets Secured for Bay Area ‘Art of Peace’ Project

NewsBy giographixJanuary 10, 2018Leave a comment

Dismantled Guns, Bullets Secured for Bay Area ‘Art of Peace’ Project Pati Poblete’s healing process continues, much to the delight of commissioned artists on a mission to turn their vision of turning dismantled weapons into a worthy aspect of the “Art of Peace.” Eight artists sifted through various metal parts and ammunition neatly arranged by…

RPF Partners with Richmond Police Department on Gun Buyback

NewsBy giographixDecember 13, 2017Leave a comment

Need funds? Bring your guns, we’ll buy ’em, says Richmond PD RICHMOND — Need funds for the holidays? The Richmond Police Department will buy back your guns Sunday, no questions asked, as part of an art project to promote peace — up to $100 in gift cards for each rifle, shotgun and handgun; up to…

Robby Poblete Foundation’s Art of Peace Project Takes Big Step

NewsBy giographixNovember 26, 2017Leave a comment

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Commentary: My Story of Hope

NewsBy giographixOctober 18, 2017Leave a comment

My Story of Hope I have not been a full-time journalist for a number of years. I think about my time as a copy editor, first at the Vallejo Times-Herald, making $9.75 an hour, where I eventually became the Community Editor. At the time, the city was facing a record number of homicides, which we…

RPF Partners With Unions, County Education Office for Apprenticeship Tour

NewsBy giographixSeptember 24, 2017Leave a comment

High school students to tour ‘apprenticeship centers’ in Solano, Napa FAIRFIELD — About 150 area high school students will pile into five buses and tour five union apprenticeship centers Friday – a tour designed to give the teens a first-hand look at possible construction careers as an alternative to going to college. “This partnership is…

Commentary: Losing A Child Is Unbearable, But We Will Make It Count

NewsBy giographixSeptember 21, 2017Leave a comment

Poblete: Losing a child is unbearable, but we will make it count Today, September 21, 2017, marks three years since my son, Robby, was taken from us in a senseless act of gun violence. Our family marked the first anniversary of his death by having a ceremony at his favorite beach in Hawaii. The somber…

RPF featured on KTVU’s “Bay Area People” with Claudine Wong

NewsBy giographixSeptember 5, 2017Leave a comment

The Robby Poblete Foundation Seeks Artists to Transform Gun Metal Into Beauty

NewsBy giographixSeptember 2, 2017Leave a comment

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Day After Kian’s Funeral, Fil-Am Mom Buys Guns for Peace

NewsBy giographixAugust 30, 2017Leave a comment

A day after Kian’s funeral, Fil-Am mom buys guns for peace Last week, as thousands were marching for 17-year-old Kian delos Santos, Pati Poblete of Vallejo, California, was getting ready to buy guns. No, she wasn’t building an arsenal. She wasn’t preparing for war. Buying guns was an act of peace for the Filipino American…

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