Sold-out Poblete Foundation fundraiser raises thousands
Some of the 450 supporters of The Robby Poblete Foundation attending Saturday’s second fundraiser at the Mare Island Brewing Company on Mare Island.
United Playaz to host ‘no questions asked’ gun buyback in San Francisco this weekend
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) – Community leaders in San Francisco will be holding a gun-buyback this weekend. Political leaders, police, and family members of gun violence victims are standing together to get as many guns off the streets as possible. Among them, United Playaz, whose mission is to get as many guns off the street as…
Pinay mother turns grief over losing son to gun violence into an art exhibit & campaign for peace
At first glance, these paintings and sculptures might seem like normal works of art, but take a closer look — and you’ll find within them bits and pieces of an object that’s at the center of a national debate. Art of Peace is an exhibit whose works repurpose metal from unwanted guns and turn it…
Killing machines to art: Confiscated guns transformed into “objects of beauty and grace”
Two right hands are clasped together vertically, the bottom of one a root, the top of the other a tree trunk. But upon closer inspection, those hands are actually pieces of guns. The “Art of Peace” exhibit made its debut last week at a pop-up gallery on Ninth Street in Old Oakland featuring eight Bay…
Pati Poblete turns grief over son’s murder into memoir, art, activism
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…
Pati Poblete Speaks Out About Gun Violence On Living Above The Drama
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…
High Number of Black Shooting Deaths Shattering King’s Dream
High Number of Black Shooting Deaths Shattering King’s Dream The steeple of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. served as pastor, can be seen from his tomb. But it is here, at the heart of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, that you…
RPF Executive Director Invited to Join MLK Event in Altanta
Pati Navalta invited to join MLK event in Atlanta At the recent ‘March for Our Lives’ in Vallejo, Pati Navalta, founder of the Robby Poblete Foundation honoring her late son, marched side-by-side with Isabelle Reyes, founder of the Eric Reyes Foundation honoring her son who was also shot and killed. Navalta participates in the 50th…
Solano’s Art of Peace Picked Up By Alameda DA
Solano’s Art of Peace Picked Up By Alameda DA The “Art of Peace” project born out of gun violence in Solano has expanded to Alameda County. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley on Thursday called on artists to submit proposals for the “Art of Peace – Alameda County” program, which will turn 700 confiscated…
Solano Carpentry Apprenticeship Day for Women Set in Fairfield
Solano Carpentry Apprenticeship Day for Women Set in Fairfield The first Women Can Build Carpenters Apprenticeship Trades Day will take place Feb. 9 at the Carpenters Training Committee facility in Fairfield. The event, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., will provide information on the variety of carpentry-related apprenticeships that are available to women in the…