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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 8th - Sparking 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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