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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 RAWtools Colorado/National

  • Feb 21 - RAWtools Birthday Celebrating 12 years Pop-Up Market: 3-7pm details
  • March 22 - Guns to Garden Safe Surrender Firearm Disposal Denver Community Church 10am to Noon details
  • March 23 - Sparking Peace Book Launch! 10am-Noon Live Blacksmith Demo at Roots Moravian Church, Minneapolis/St. Paul Book Preorder Link - Event Details
  • April 8thSparking Peace Book Launch #2!  Live Blacksmith Demo 6-8 pm at Beth-El Mennonite Church Colorado Springs Book Preorder Link - Event Details
  • May 10th - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Firearm Disposal - Most Precious Blood Catholic Church 10am to Noon details
  • July 19 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Firearm Disposal - Cure d'Ars Catholic Church 10am to Noon details

RAWtools Philly

  • Forthcoming

RAWtools South

2025

  • June 21-22 - Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions, Berea College, Kentucky
  • August 16 - Blacksmithing Demonstration and Ritual, Hendersonville, NC
  • September 6 - Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
  • September 7 - Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
  • September 23-27 - Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage, Massanetta Springs Conference Center, Harrisonburg, VA. Details Here
  • September 27-28 - RAWtools Firearm Safety Officer Training, Massanetta Springs Conference Center, Harrisonburg, VA. Details to Come
  • October 4 - Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Fayetteville, NC
  • October 14 - Lecture, Cultural Life Program, Furman University, Greenville, SC
  • October 16-19 Blacksmith Demonstration: Guns to tools & Forging for Peace at LEAF Festival, Black Mountain, NC. Details Here
  • 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 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 30 - Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Charlotte, NC, Details to Come

RAWtools Buffalo

  • Feb 24 - RAWtools and Homicide Prevention - Noon to 2pm - One in Christ Ministries 940 S Broadway St. Buffalo, NY 14212 with a gun to garden tool demonstration
  • April 12th - National Crime Victims Rights Week with 585 SNUG & Moms Demand Action 271 Flint St. 1pm -4pm
  • Aug 3 - 10am to Noon - Blacksmith Demonstration at First Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon, NY, in partnership with DIGfarm, South Church, Rise, and Scarsdale Meeting House

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