Upcoming Events
Check out the FAQs for the Guns to Gardens events. 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.
Below is a list of RAWtools events hosted by our affiliates, and at the bottom of the page you’ll find a handy map with even more events hosted by Guns to Gardens Networks across the country.
RAWtools Colorado/National
- July 21-23 – 3 day Gathering, info below. RSVP for just one or all three days.
- July 21 – 10am – 4pm – Making Safe Spaces for Survivors of Gun Violence, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO. RSVP HERE.
- July 22 – 8:30am-5:00pm – NRA Home Firearm Safety Training, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO, registration required. RSVP HERE.
- July 23 – 8:30am-5:00pm – Final Firearm Safety Officer Training, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO, registration required. RSVP HERE.
- August 22 – Seattle, WA – The Well at Queen Anne UMC Details to come.
- Aug 30 – 10am – noon – Safe Disposal Event, 450 South Kearney St, Denver, CO, 80224, details here.
- Sept 15-18 – Kansas City (ish) Atwood Institute – info and registration here
- Sept 29 – Minneapolis/St. Paul Details to come
- October 20-23 – Philadelphia, PA PeaceMaker Summit – info and registration here
RAWtools South
- June 13 – 11am to 2pm – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Umstead Park United Church of Christ, 8208 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC, Details Here.
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June 13 – 4:00 pm. Disarming Hearts: A Vigil of Remembrance. Umstead Park UCC, 8208 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC (see above for details)
- June 27 – 9:30am to Noon – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, First Baptist Church, 5 Oak Street, Asheville NC
- June 27 – 5:00 p.m. Vigil of Healing. Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC
- July 21 – 10am – 4pm – Making Safe Spaces for Survivors of Gun Violence, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO. Details to come.
- July 22 – 8:30am-5:00pm – NRA Home Firearm Safety Training, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO, registration required. Details to come.
- July 23 – 8:30am-5:00pm – Final Firearm Safety Officer Training, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, CO, registration required. Details to come.
- September 15-18 – James Attwood Institute, Demonstrations & Hands on Learning, Parkville, MO (near Kansas City) More info here.
- September 18-19 – FSO RAWtools Firearm Safety Officer Training, Kansas City, MO. Details Here.
- September 26 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Columbia SC, Details to come.
RAWtools Buffalo
- June 20 – noon to 2pm – Blacksmithing demo – forging gun parts into garden tools or works of art at the Scarsdale Friends Meeting in Scarsdale, NY
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August 15 – 10:00am to noon – Yaupon Place, Union Presbyterian Seminary Richmond, VA. See flyer here.
