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Disarm hearts. Forge peace. Cultivate Justice. Replacing tools of violence with tools of creation. #SwordsToPlows
Executive Director co-author of Beating Guns

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

#SwordsToPlows grows a whole new figgin' system.

More justice, less war
More food, less weapons
More self care, less busy
More love, less fear

[Jake Doberenz @JakeDoberenz]

The title to @natgrace79’s ep on Smashing Idols isn’t the full picture. We also spent a good bit talking nonviolence, specifically mentioning @ShaneClaiborne and @RAWtools as great resources.

I really loved the veteran-to-pacifist perspective!!!

🎙️https://t.co/Vb5OU1ygYS

[Mia Alvarado @MsMiaAlvarado]

25% of all proceeds go to the radiant work of @RAWtools. Thank you to everyone who's bought a copy or has asked their library to do so.

[Ariel Gold אריאל ✡️☮️🕊🍉 @ArielElyseGold]

Yesterday I learned how to transform a gun into a garden tool. It brought to mind the words of Anne Frank: “I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end” Thanks @RAWtools!

[Tim Amor @TimAAmor]

This is what Kingdom of God looks like.

Swords to plowshares.

The tools of violence and war reshaped into tools of cultivation and peacemaking.

Art via Kelly Latimore Icons @KLICONS

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

WE DID IT!
We bought the shop!

Today we purchased the 3 story building we’ve been renting for @RAWtools Philly. We have all sorts of dreams for this space. Now we are raising funds to renovate it! Give whatever you can here:

https://t.co/lulUrY6sJN

[Temple Hiatt @temple_hiatt]

Much 🧡 to @MomsDemand for supporting Iowa's 1st Guns to Gardens event. The @PresbyPeace & @RAWtools partnership provides gun owners an opportunity to safely surrender firearms. We destroyed 15 today. Thank you to @FirstPresIC for hosting. My #GunViolencePrevention 🧡 is full.

[Clergy For Safe Cities @clergy4safecity]

Our team is ready: @RAWtools @pastormonrose @FaithEndingGV @GlobalImmerse #ccdapdx presenting on Implementing Change: Gun Violence Response and Prevention Beyond Politics.

[Clergy For Safe Cities @clergy4safecity]

We are excited to share the Clergy Led Gun Violence Prevention Starter Kit! This resource is designed to help faith-based groups take action against gun violence in our communities. Let's unite for a safer future! #ccdapdx #endgunviolence #goodstuff

[Mia Alvarado @MsMiaAlvarado]

It's an honor to collaborate with @RAWtools & the artists at #NewLightsPress. Looking forward to the general disarmament!

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

CHECK IT OUT!
New article I just wrote comes out this weekend (and in Sunday’s paper) on police selling guns. Over 50,000 guns used in crime have been tracked back to law enforcement. This is exactly why we destroy every surrendered gun on the spot @RAWtools. This is a big deal and could really be a gamechanger as we ask Philly police and @PhillyMayor to make it easier to get guns off the street permanently! Grateful to @PhillyInquirer for publishing this piece.
https://t.co/i8WRmvBstW

[Oren Gur @EverydayasOrenG]

“We need a new process in Philadelphia and around the country to decommission — and destroy — guns.”

Thoughtful oped by @ShaneClaiborne @RAWtools responding to reporting by CBS @teamtrace @reveal on guns sold by police: https://t.co/2rbw0v6Ezd

Oped: https://t.co/rZkNV1EYn5

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

#RAWtools44k #swordstoplows

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

I’ve been chopping up guns all day, and it feels so good… especially after a weekend with NINE mass shootings (more than 4 people shot).

We are having a blacksmithing marathon at @RAWtools - blacksmithing for 44,000 minutes this month… one minute for every life lost to guns last year. Here are a few of the things I made today!
See more here: https://t.co/3bbERXU1v8

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

#RAWtools44k #gunviolence #swordstoplows

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

#RAWtools44k #gunviolence

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

#RAWtools44k #gunviolence

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

#RAWtools44k

During June we are forging 1 minute for every life lost to gun violence in 2023.

Art by Rev Rosalind Hughes

#wearorange #gunviolence