In the News

November 5, 2020 Kingston, MA – Kingston First Parish Church features the Soul Box Project

November 5, 2020 WKBT LaCrosse, WI – The Pump House Regional Arts Center launches Soul Box Exhibit

October 12, 2020 WGN Chicago, IL – Two Chicago women fold in remembrance

September 21, 2020 WBAY Green Bay, WI – Fond du Lac Gallery honors lives affected by gunfire

September 5, 2020 Nexstar Media Group. Soul Box Project depicts gunfire epidemic, helps victims

August 19, 2020. Fond du Lac Reporter. Fond du Lac makes 800 Soul Boxes

July 27, 2020 The Californian – Gilroy Garlic Festival a Year Later

July 26, 2020 NBC Bay Area – Moms Demand Action incorporates Soul Boxes in the remembrance of victims of the 2019 shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

July 25, 2020 KPIX-CBS San Francisco, CA – Moms Demand Action displays 1,000 Soul Boxes in an outdoor Memorial on the anniversary of the shooting at the 2019  Gilroy Garlic Festival. 

June 29, 2020 WMAR-ABC Midday Maryland, Baltimore, MD – Midday Maryland interview with Leslie Lee and Darlene Cain, Mothers on the Move.

June 25, 2020 KOIN-6, New This Morning, Portland, OR – Local nonprofit uses art to illustrate gun violence impact

June 18, 2020 WJLA-7, Arlington, VA – Baltimore mother finds productive respite in Soul Box Project during her ongoing efforts to receive justice for the police shooting of her son.

June 12, 2020 the fem word (scroll to interview #29) – conversation between Leslie Lee and the fem word’s Monika Samtani and Kamryn Testa (transcript)

June 8, 2020 WTHR-13, Indianapolis, IN – Indiana’s Moms Demand Action joining Soul Box Project

May 18, 2020 WUSA-9,  Great Day Washington, D.C. – During Mental Health Awareness Month, people are managing stress, while giving back, through the Soul Box Project

May 5, 2020 KCBS Radio,  San Francisco, CA – COVID-19 expected to increase gun deaths. Soul Box Project raises awareness.

May 2, 2020 KCRA-3, Sacramento, CA – National Art Project provides outlet to reduce anxiety during pandemic

May 1, 2020 NBC-4, Washington, D.C. – News at 5:00 – Rockville family helps honor gun violence victims 

April 17, 2020 CW WJXT Jacksonville, FL – The Morning Show – Interview with Leslie Lee

March 4, 2020  ABC – KATU TV AM Northwest – Interview with Leslie Lee and Andrew Mesch

Spring 2020 UU World – Soul Box Project sends message about gun violence

February 8, 2020  WLFI West Lafayette, IN  – Moms Demand Action Gather to Make Soul Boxes

February 6, 2020  CW Indianapolis WISH TV – Moms Demand Action Group Hosts Evening Honoring Gun Violence Survivors

January 10, 2020  Tucson Weekly – Soul Box Project Honors Those Affected by Gun Violence

December 27, 2019  CBS4 Denver – Denver Church Creates Hundreds of Origami Boxes to Represent Victims of Gun Violence

December 12, 2019  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Family, activists gather to honor the nearly 80 victims of fatal gun violence in Allegheny County in 2019

December 14, 2019  Uppercase Magazine All About You newsletter – The Soul Box Project

December 5, 2019  Life on Capitol Hill magazine (Denver) – Denver church joins National Art Movement on Impact of Gunfire

September 10, 2019  YES! Magazine – Making the Gun Violence Epidemic Visible Through Art and Activism

Summer 2019  The Paper – The Soul Box Project: Paperfolding to Change a Culture

August 6, 2019  NBC – KING TV Seattle, WA New Day – Interview with Leslie Lee

August 1, 2019  The Seattle Times – How one art project aims to show how widespread gun violence is

June 5, 2019  Clackamas Review – Soul Box Project aims to open hearts, minds in Milwaukie

May 2019  The Centrist Review – Interview with The Soul Box Project: Using Art to Fight the Gun Epidemic

May 7, 2019  CBC – KTVN Reno, NV – The Soul Box Project at the Nevada National Alliance on Mental Illness Conference

April 7, 2019   NBC – KGW – Art Revealing the Gunfire Epidemic at the Multnomah Arts Center

April 5, 2019    ABC – KATU AM Northwest – Interview with Leslie Lee

Apr. 1, 2019   Concordia News – Soul Boxes Travel from Concordia to Salem

Feb. 27, 2019   Metroscope PDX Entercom Radio – Interview with Leslie Lee (link removed)

Feb. 15, 2019    NBC – KGW – Procession for Soul Box Project

Feb. 15, 2019   ABC – KATU – Soul Box Project delivered to capitol

Feb. 15, 2019   Statesman Journal – Video: Soul Box Project displays 37,000 origami boxes to honor victims

Feb. 15, 2019   Statesman Journal – Photos: Soul Box Project displays 37,000 origami boxes to honor victims 

Feb. 14, 2019   ABC – KATU – Woman’s art project aims to display scope of gunfire epidemic

Feb. 13, 2019   FOX – KPTV/KPDX – Group will honor shooting victims with 36,000 origami boxes

Jan. 13, 2019   NBC – KGW – Cerimon House Exhibition Opening. Interview with Leslie Lee.

Jan. 13, 2019   Documentary Short – Filmmaker Nicholas Brown’s Soul Box Project Overview 

Jan. 13, 2019   CW – KRCW – Cerimon House Exhibition Opening. Interview with Leslie Lee.

Jan. 30, 2019   KBOO: The Radio Activist – Art to Show the Impact of Gun Violence: Interview with Leslie Lee

Jan. 16, 2019   Portland Tribune – Bits & Pieces: The Soul Box Project at Cerimon House

Jan. 8, 2019   Tucson News Now – Local women take stand agains gun violence with ‘Soul Boxes’

Dec. 17, 2018   UCC.org – Commentary: Soul Boxes honor lives, underscore gunfire epidemic

Dec. 5, 2018   Willamette Collegian –  Political Art: Soul Box Project aims to memorialize lives lost to gunfire

Nov. 13, 2018   NW50Plus Magazine – Creating art that heals: Local artist believes her project can heal hearts surrounding gun violence

Aug. 2018   PDX Parent Magazine – Good Deeds: The Soul Box Project