Educational presentation on fentanyl awareness to staff at NEWS Napa. NEWS (Nurturing Empowerment Worth & Safety) is a nonprofit organization based in Napa County, California, dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Their mission is to provide safety, hope, healing, and empowerment for survivors while promoting safe communities through prevention, intervention, education, and advocacy.

Join us at First Thursdays at Napa Oxbow Commons!
5-9 PM
We’ll be raising awareness, sharing free safety kits, and connecting with the community. Stop by, say hello, and learn how you can help keep yourself and others safe. It’s a Chefs Market-like evening with live music, a farmers market, kids fun, food and beverages.

Educational presentation on fentanyl awareness to Mare Island Technology Academy Middle School students.

Educational presentation on fentanyl awareness to Mare Island Technology Academy Middle School students.

Educational presentation on fentanyl awareness to Silverado Middle School students.

Cameo Cinema, St. Helena - 1340 Main St, St Helena, CA 94574
7:30 PM (doors open at 7:00PM)

Join us for a special Napa Valley Film Festival benefit screening of Can't Look Away on Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 PM at the Cameo Theater in St. Helena (doors open at 7 PM).

This compelling new documentary explores the powerful social media impact on the mental health of young people and the harms caused.

A thought-provoking Q&A panel with:
Olivia Carville – Bloomberg News
Glenn Draper – Social Media Victims Law Center
Amy Neville – Alexander Neville Foundation
Mona Leonardi – Michael Leonardi Foundation
Moderated by Michele Mitchell – Filmmaker & Journalist

A portion of ticket sales will benefit Mentis, supporting mental health for our community.

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We’re excited to participate in the San Marin High School Resource Fair, where we’ll be raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and sharing life-saving resources with students. Stop by our table to learn more and find out how you can help keep yourself and others safe.

Join us at First Thursdays at Napa Oxbow Commons!
5-9 PM
We’ll be raising awareness, sharing free safety kits, and connecting with the community. Stop by, say hello, and learn how you can help keep yourself and others safe. It’s a Chefs Market-like evening with live music, a farmers market, kids fun, food and beverages.

Napa Valley College – Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event
Noon - 2pm
Join us at Napa Valley College as we participate with other local organizations in their event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Michael Leonardi Foundation will be there to raise awareness about the dangers of counterfeit pills and fentanyl poisoning. Come by to learn more and engage in important conversations to protect our community. Narcan and fentanyl test strips will be available.

We’re excited to participate in the St. Helena High School Wellness Fair, where we’ll be raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and sharing life-saving resources with students. Stop by our table to learn more and find out how you can help keep yourself and others safe.

Educational presentation on fentanyl Awareness to students at Browns Valley Middle School.

We’re excited to participate in the Calistoga Junior/Senior High School Wellness Fair, where we’ll be raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and sharing life-saving resources with students. Stop by our table to learn more and find out how you can help keep yourself and others safe.

Educational presentation on fentanyl Awareness to students at Calistoga Junior/Senior High School.

Educational presentation on fentanyl Awareness to students at Calistoga Junior/Senior High School.

Napa Valley College – Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event
Noon - 2pm
Join us at Napa Valley College as we participate with other local organizations in their event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Michael Leonardi Foundation will be there to raise awareness about the dangers of counterfeit pills and fentanyl poisoning. Come by to learn more and engage in important conversations to protect our community. Narcan and fentanyl test strips will be available.

Fuller Park, downtown Napa, 1:00-3:30pm

In honor of National Public Health Week, Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) in collaboration with the Office of Emergency Services (OES) will be hosting its annual free Community Health Fair at Fuller Park on Sunday, April 6th from 1-3:30 p.m. Come learn more about community resources and services. We will be there raising fentanyl awareness and distributing Narcan and fentanyl test strips. All are welcome, this is a free event – see you there!

Educational presentation on fentanyl awareness to Justin-Siena High School students.

Yountville Community Center
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Join us for an insightful conversation with Sam Quinones, acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Least of Us and Dreamland. Sam will share his powerful perspectives on the opioid crisis and the rise of synthetic drugs like fentanyl. A discussion and Q&A session will follow. Hosted by the Michael Leonardi Foundation.

Admission is free, but space is limited! Please reserve your spot here.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Sam Quinones is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and author of four books of narrative nonfiction. His latest book is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.

In The Least of Us (published November 2021), Quinones chronicles the emergence of a drug-trafficking world producing massive supplies of dope cheaper and deadlier than ever, marketing to the population of addicts created by the nation's opioid epidemic, as the backdrop to tales of Americans’ quiet attempts to recover community through simple acts of helping the vulnerable. The Least of Us was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) award for Best Nonfiction Book of 2021.

The Least of Us follows his landmark Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic (Bloomsbury, 2015), which ignited awareness of the epidemic that has cost the United States hundreds of thousands of lives, and became the deadliest drug scourge in the nation’s history.

Dreamland won a National Book Critics Circle award for the Best Nonfiction Book of 2015.

It was also selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by Amazon.com, Slate.com, the Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, Seattle Times, Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Entertainment Weekly, Audible, and in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Business by Nobel economics laureate, Prof. Angus Deaton, of Princeton University.

In 2019, Dreamland was selected as one the Best 10 True-Crime Books of all time based on lists, surveys, and ratings of more than 90 million Goodread readers. In 2021, GQ Magazine selected Dreamland as one of the “50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century”.

A Young Adult version of Dreamland was released in July of 2019.

His first two highly acclaimed books grew from his 10 years living and working as a freelance writer in Mexico (1994-2004).

True Tales From Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx was released in 2001. It is a cult classic of a book from Mexico’s vital margins – stories of drag queens and Oaxacan Indian basketball players, popsicle makers and telenovela stars, migrants, farm workers, a narcosaint, a slain drug balladeer, a slum boss, and a doomed tough guy.

In 2007, he came out with Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration. In it, Quinones narrates the saga of the Henry Ford of Velvet Painting, and of how an opera scene emerged in Tijuana, and how a Zacatecan taco empire formed in Chicago. He tells the tale of the Tomato King, of a high-school soccer season in Kansas, and of Mexican corruption in a small LA County town. Threading through the book are three tales of a modern Mexican Huck Finn. Quinones ends the collection in a chapter called "Leaving Mexico" with his harrowing tangle with the Narco-Mennonites of Chihuahua.

Sam Quinones is formerly a reporter with the L.A. Times, where he worked for 10 years (2004-2014). He is a veteran reporter on immigration, gangs, drug trafficking, the border.

For sponosorship opportunities, please email info@michaelleonardifoundation.org.

The Michael Leonardi Foundation is funded in part by Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) through Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) to support prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, and other life-saving programs and services for individuals and families throughout the community.

Educational presentation on fentanyl Awareness to San Francisco Waldorf School parents.

Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley
100 West Verano Ave., Sonoma
6:00 PM

Join us for the RISK Sonoma Fentanyl Awareness Town Hall—a powerful event bringing together community leaders, law enforcement, and impacted families to address the fentanyl crisis. Hear personal stories, expert insights, and strategies for prevention as we unite to protect our community and save lives. Don't miss this important conversation—your voice matters! The Michael Leonard Foundation will participate as part of the panel discussion.

Learn more about R.I.S.K. Sonoma here.

Educational presentation on fentanyl Awareness to San Francisco Waldorf School students.

Educational presentation on fentanyl Awareness to Napa community members.

Raising awareness and presenting in collaboration with the Napa Opioid Safety Coalition to students on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake prescription pills.

Delivering our fentanyl awareness talk to members of the Napa Rotary Club.

Delivering our fentanyl awareness talk to members of the St. Helena Kiwanis Club.

Cameo Theater
1340 Main St, St Helena, CA
6:00 pm, doors open at 5:00 pm

Join us for an inspiring Red Carpet Video Contest Screening at the Cameo Theater in St. Helena as we spotlight teens and young adults raising awareness about the fentanyl crisis, hosted by the Napa Opioid Safety Coalition.  This special event will showcase all entries from the recent video contest, highlighting their creativity in educating peers and the community about the dangers of illicit fentanyl.

You’ll hear from the video creators and why they got involved, and view their video. The evening will culminate in the announcement of contest winners.  Let’s come together as a community to honor these young voices and amplify the message of prevention, education and hope.  This event is free and open to the public.  Snacks & beverages for purchase. Bring your family and friends!

Fentanyl awareness presentation to San Francisco High School of the Arts students.