On Sept. 21, 2014, Pati Navalta Poblete’s world fell apart. That’s the day her son Robby was shot and killed in Vallejo. He was only 23 at the time, with his whole life ahead of him. “He was actually just on the verge of getting offered a full-time job,” Poblete said. Robby worked as a…
In a recent episode of Living Above The Drama, radio host and NIWH Program Director Dr. Georgianna Donadio interviewed Pati Poblete on the impact of gun violence. Learn more about Pati Poblete and listen to their live-recorded conversation below. Pati Poblete spent many years as a San Francisco Bay Area newspaper reporter and journalist, being…
RPF will be unveiling its inaugural Art of Peace exhibit on May 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Temple Art Lofts, 707 Marin Street, in Vallejo, Calif., during the city’s monthly 2nd Friday Art Walk. The event is the culmination of an eight-month project that started with the foundation’s Solano County Gun Buyback held on…