Upcoming Events
Check out the FAQs for the Guns to Gardens events. (Preguntas Frecuentes) Compensation rates may vary, see event links for specifics.
If you’d like to host an event with Mike Martin and RAWtools, Shane Claiborne and RAWTools Philly, OR BOTH please fill out this form. We will do our best to create an event within your budget, that integrates the voices of people who have been impacted by gun violence, along with other musicians or artists. We will also send you the details of what is required to bring the blacksmithing equipment and do a LIVE demonstration, transforming a gun into a garden tool in your community.
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2025/2026 RAWtools Colorado/National
- Dec 13th – 10am to Noon – Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event – St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Highlands Ranch, CO – Details Here
- March 15th – 10am to Noon – Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event – Congregation Rodef Shalom – Denver, CO
- May 8th – 10am to noon – Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event – Most Precious Blood Catholic Church – Denver, CO
RAWtools Philly
- Nov 21-23 – PeaceMaker Summit
Join us November 21–22 in Philly for the 2nd annual Peacemaker Summit! We will bring together people on the front lines of peacemaking and those working to interrupt violence in our streets and in our world.
Together, we’ll share best practices in peacemaking, hear from incredible musicians, and join in for hands-on demonstrations in forging, welding, and woodturning.
Sessions will include restorative justice, Kingian Nonviolence, de-escalation, and global peacemaking.
There will also be early bird workshops to learn how to decommission firearms!
Registration is open! Click here to register
RAWtools South
2025
- October 16-19 Blacksmith Demonstration: Guns to tools & Forging for Peace at LEAF Festival, Black Mountain, NC. Details Here
- November 1 – 11:00-12:30 p.m. Blacksmithing Demonstration and Conversation. Myers Park Presbyterian Church.
- November 19-20 – RAWtools Firearm Safety Officer Training, Philadelphia, PA
- November 21-23 – Peacemaker Summit, sponsored by RAWtools Philly, The Simple Way, and Others, Details Here
2026
- March 13-15 – Peace Building Conference of the United Methodist Church Southeastern Judicatory, Lake Junaluska, NC
- March 28 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Athens, GA, Details to Come
- April 25 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Charleston, WV, Details to Come
- May 4-8 – ARW 2026 – Arts, Recreation & Worship Conference, Montreat, NC. Scotty will be teaching folks how to make brass split crosses in the afternoon workshops. Details Here.
- May 30 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Charlotte, NC, Details to Come
- June 13 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Raleigh, NC, Details to Come
- Aug 4 Sparking Peace Book event and Blacksmith Demonstration – Anchor Church Buffalo – Details