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MASS Design’s traveling gun violence memorial is now on view in Boston | Boston Globe | September 2024

Contemporary Memorials: Spaces of Engagement, Calls to Action | Harvard GSD Magazine| September 2024

MASS Design Group debuts Gun Violence Memorial project at three sites around Boston | Archinect | September 2024

Memorial to gun violence victims, coming to Boston | WBUR | July 2024

Shaping our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials | Architect Magazine| January 2024

July 2022 Editor’s Letter: Memorializing the Victims of Gun Violence | Architectural Record | July 2022

A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings | The New York Times | June 2022

Should the U.S. create a National Memorial for Gun Violence? | Surface | May 2022

At gun violence memorial, visitors reflect on two weeks of mass death | The Washington Post | May 2022

We need a national memorial to gun violence. Now. | The Washington Post | May 2022

Bronx Documentary Center Helps Collect Memorabilia for Gun Violence Memorial in D.C. | Mott Haven Herald | December 2021

Gun Violence Memorial Project at the Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx Net | November 2021

Proyecto en memoria de la violencia armada en el Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx Net | November 2021

Bronx community asked to commemorate lost loved ones for Gun Violence Memorial Project | News 12 Bronx | November 2021

Traveling memorial project arrives in Brooklyn to honor loved ones lost to gun violence | News 12 Brooklyn | November 2021

ABQ families of murder victim families sending memorabilia to Washington DC museum | KOAT 7 Albuquerque | November 2021

Albuquerque residents say 'enough is enough' when it comes to deadly shootings | KOAT 7 Albuquerque | November 2021

New Mexico families donate to Gun Violence Memorial Project | KOB 4 Albuquerque |November 2021

Cincinnati gun violence victims remembered by loved ones | WLWT5 Cincinnati | October 2021

Local gun violence victims donate mementos to Gun Violence Memorial Project | Local12 Cincinnati | October 2021

Traveling Exhibit Honors Lives Lost to Gun Violence | NBC 5 Chicago| October 2021

‘You don’t never want to feel the pain’: Homicide victims loved ones and the keepsakes they carry | The Columbus Dispatch | October 2021

Community gathers to celebrate and honor Indianapolis victims of gun violence | WTHR Indianapolis | September 2021

Weekend event highlights impact of gun violence, remembers victims, survivors | CBS 4 Indianapolis | September 2021

Gun Violence Memorial Project collecting objects from people impacted by trauma and loss | WSMV Nashville | September 2021

National Gun Violence Project asks for mementos from Pittsburgh victims | WPXI Pittsburgh | September 2021

Pittsburgh-Area Families Can Contribute Mementos Of Loved Ones For Gun Violence Memorial Project in Washington, D.C. | CBS Pittsburgh | September 2021

Philadelphia Gun Violence Survivor Collecting Personal Items That Belong To Shooting Victims For National Museum Display | CBS Philadelphia | August 2021

‘Look at all the hurt’ as Philadelphia’s homicides climb and more children are shot and killed | Philadelphia Inquirer | August 2021

‘We’re about to see our boys again’: Two Philly mothers visit the Gun Violence Memorial Project | Philadelphia Inquirer | June 2021

National Building Museum to reopen with exhibit on gun violence | The Hill | May 2021

Memorial honors victims of 'gun violence epidemic' in the United States | Euronews | April 2021

A memorial to gun victims foreshadows a tribute to covid | Chron| April 2021

Gun violence memorial created by Hank Willis Thomas and Mass Design Group in Washington | Wallpaper | April 2021

What should a coronavirus memorial look like? This powerful statement on gun violence offers a model. | Washington Paper| April 2021

Boasting New Exhibitions and a Renovation, the National Building Museum Reopens Today | Metropolis| April 2021

Built of Bricks Made of Memories, Glass Houses Honor Victims of Gun Violence | NPR| February 2020

Best in architecture in 2019: Notre Dame saved, Wright honored, Old Post Office revived | Chicago Tribune| December 2019

How new memorials reckon with gun violence in America | Curbed | November 2019

Gun Violence Memorial Turns Numbers Into The Painfully Personal | WBEZ 91.5 Chicago| November 2019

A new national memorial to victims of gun violence makes its debut | Fast Company | October 2019

Chicago Architecture Biennial tackles land rights, social justice and more | CNN | September 2019

At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, MASS Design Group Proposes a Memorial to Victims of Gun Violence | Metropolis Magazine| September 2019

Chicago’s Challenging 2019 Biennial Grapples with Architecture and Activism | Architectural Record| September 2019

5 Must-See Venues at the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial | ArchDaily | September 2019

New Chicago Architecture Biennial opens and wants to upset the way you see the city. That’s why you should see it | Chicago Tribune| September 2019

A first look inside the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial | The Architect's Newspaper | September 2019

Chicago Biennial 2019 Preview | Architectural Record | September 2019

Chicago Biennial: the undeniable power of architecture | Financial Times | August 2019