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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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*Event Links added as details announced

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:

  • January 2-5 - "Unimaginable Possibilities" Keynote with demonstrations and breakout groups, Montreat College Conference, Black Mountain, NC
  • January 20 - Blacksmith Demonstration, MLK Day of Service, Peace Garden, Asheville, NC
  • February 17 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event with Blacksmith Demonstration, The Gethsemane Baptist Church, 565 Jetton St., in Davidson, NC. Details Here
  • March 1 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event, Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN. Details Here
  • April 4-6 - Peace Conference, Lake Junaluska, NC. Details Here
  • April 12 & 13 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event on Saturday the 12th with Blacksmith Demonstration Sunday afternoon the 13th, Southside Presbyterian Church, 317 W 23rd St, Tucson, AZ. Details to follow.
  • April 26 - Blacksmithing Demonstration: Guns to garden tools & Forging for Peace, at Fire On The Mountain Blacksmith Festival, Spruce Pine, NC. Details Here
  • May 3 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event, Interfaith group, Charleston, WV. Details Here
  • May 3 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event, Nashville, TN 1-4pm Details Here
  • May 8-11 Blacksmith Demonstration: Guns to tools & Forging for Peace at LEAF Festival, Black Mountain, NC. Details Here
  • May 14-16 - Workshop: "Spadework” at Summer Institute, Duke Center for Reconciliation. Details Here
  • May 31 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Evet & Blacksmith Demonstration, Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC
  • June 7 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event & Blacksmith Demonstration, First Baptist Church, Asheville, NC
  • June 21 - Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event, Hendersonville, 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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