Adopt Branches of Soul Box Panels
Imagine The Soul Box Project as a Giving Tree grown huge with panels of Soul Boxes displaying the memories, love, and concern of everyone who has participated. This bountiful tree is overgrowing its space in Portland, Oregon.
It needs to stretch out NATIONWIDE by sending branches of Soul Boxes to other locations where they can take root and grow awareness, offer support and prompt action.
Any individual, group or organization can adopt Branches of the Project – free of charge – and be part of our This Loss We Carry–NATIONWIDE event in June 2023.
Get started now: Request your exhibit panels of Soul Boxes and other materials before January 31, 2023, and we will ship ASAP–while supplies last.
If you’re ready to adopt, go directly to the Panel Adoption Request Form.
Since 2017 The Soul Box Project has been raising awareness of the U.S. gunfire epidemic by counting and honoring victims in memorial exhibits, offering healing participation to those seeking solace, and providing dramatic visual support for all initiatives working for a safer, more civil society.
36,000 of the Soul Boxes sent to Portland from across the nation were assembled into lightweight, interconnecting panels like this:
- 1 panel = 98 Soul Boxes
- 4′ h x 2′ w (folds square for storage)
- Approximately 3 lbs.
- A convenient 2′ x 2′ x 2′ shipping carton contains 6 panels
Adopting Branches of The Soul Box Project is an easy, NO-COST opportunity to continue the work you’re already doing to reduce gun violence.
Use your Soul Box materials:
- for a dramatic visual at your events.
- to expand healing participation with Soul Box-folding as another tool to engage your community.
- to enhance media visibility.
- to display for an extended time in…a window, hallway, office, lobby?
- to lend out within your city, state, or region.
Thousands of hand-folded origami Soul Boxes were made by individuals and groups around the country. Our team assembled them into 365 panels of Boxes to span the width of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in October 2021. Over 5,000 visitors viewed the This Loss We Carry exhibit. Media reach was over 500 million.
Now, these art-filled panels of Soul Boxes are available for immediate adoption by organizations and individuals who can use this effective visual as a tool to support their efforts to reduce gunfire deaths and injuries.
- Are you part of an organization working to reduce gunfire trauma, injuries, and deaths by violence, accident, or suicide?
- Does your church, school, library or civic group want to raise awareness of how deeply gunfire affects communities?
- See where Branches have already been adopted.
There are endless ways for your branch of the Project to use panels of Soul Boxes however, whenever and wherever you wish.
We are specifically inviting all adopters to incorporate panels of Soul Boxes into your June 2023 plans for Wear Orange and Gun Violence Awareness Month. Having Soul Box Project events and exhibits throughout the U.S. – all at the same time – will help connect and amplify our shared pursuit of a safer society.
Laura Evans Media, the team that so successfully promoted our exhibit in D.C., is prepared to also publicize This Loss We Carry–NATIONWIDE as an impactful national event.
Plan to be a part of this important activist movement!
By joining us, participating entities will become an extension of The Soul Box Project with inclusion on our website and in nationwide publicity in June 2023. We would ask affiliates to:
- Honor the Project’s mission
- Participate in social media
- Meet virtually, perhaps quarterly, to tell us how the materials have been used and share ideas with one another
FAQs
Absolutely nothing! Panel adoption and the other materials are all free of charge. The Soul Box Project will pay postage.
Of course, if you have sufficient resources, your tax-deductible donations will help us send materials to more places.
Yes! They are 4-ft h x 2-ft w x 1.5-in d and weigh less than 3 pounds each. They are lightweight, modular, and easy to install in a variety of ways:
- tack, screw, or nail into a wall
- attach to your existing hooks or picture-hanging system
- hang quickly with S-hooks (provided) or zip ties on a garment rack, photo backdrop stand, horizontal bar, pop-up tent, or rented pipe & drape structure
See various exhibition solutions in our Past Highlights.
Each mesh-backed panel folds in half and slides into a plastic sleeve with cardboard backing. Six panels ship (and store) in a 2’ x 2’ x 2’ cardboard carton. A small hatchback can probably carry 12 panels in two cartons with the back seat down.
You will also receive “S”-hooks and links to video demo how to use them, printable signage, our media professionals contacting your local TV/radio about your Wear Orange June 2023 activity (whatever you choose to do).
You will find these items listed on the Panel Request form–while our supplies last.
- Panels of Soul Boxes to display
- Backpack kit…Materials for clear backpacks you can fill with Soul Boxes to represent the number of U.S. gunfire deaths in one day. Effective in marches, rallies, etc.
- “Make-2-Panels” Starter Kit…Encourage the healing activity of community Soul Box-making and create panels to display them.
- Loose Boxes
Completed Soul Boxes that were carried in the D.C. exhibit processions. Plain or embellished with art, messages, or name (may be requested by state). Use them to get a head start on panel making, backpacks or your own displays. - Downloadable Materials…see our exhibitors’ resources page
Yes!
We will be available via email for free consultation, as needed, about your use of panels.
We will schedule quarterly zoom meetings for the nationwide network of adoptive Branches to share their plans, ask questions, or get ideas from each other.
If/when the contact person in your organization changes, please DO let us know how to stay in touch with you.
PLEASE notify us about your Soul Box creations, events, and exhibits of Soul Boxes in the coming months/years so we can share the details and a photo on our website.
In advance of the June 2023 nationwide event/exhibit, tell us about your plans to participate and get the free promotions by our crack D.C.-based media team.
When you post about your activities involving Soul Boxes on social media, remember to tag #SoulBoxProject to expand your reach to our followers. We have pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn @SoulBoxProject.
Yes! We will retain some panels in Portland for the loan program. If a Branch of the Soul Box Project has adopted panels already in your area, you may be able to borrow locally and save on costs.