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End homelessness, don't manage it. Here's how.
1. Stop talking about shelters as housing
2. Overcome the poverty pimps by bringing the voices of the unhoused to the front...Read the 14 steps to end homelessness
We have had 248 artists appear on our Zoom shows
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Rebecca Contreras
artist
April Banks
Artist
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Brenda Vaca
poet
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Grant White
filmmaker
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Rusty
singer
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Megan Greenough
singer
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Yenny Bernal
artist
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Ra Avis
writer
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Cati Porter
poet
Sean Hill
poet
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Peter J. Harris
writer
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Ivan Salinas
poet
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Sara Harris
Poet
Agente
hip hop artist
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Oscar Martinez
artist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Matt Sedillo
poet
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Vincent Cooper
poet
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Christian Lozada
poet
Molly Trochez
artist
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Eye Matter
arts program
Rizz Javier
photographer
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Amos Adelone
musician
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Aideed Medina
poet
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Rachel AO
Singer
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Erin Yoshi
painter
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Jessica Kim
Poet
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
April Jones
filmmaker
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Dani Dodge
artist
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Glynis Phillips
poet
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Crystal Salas
Poet
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
David A. Romero
poet
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Iris DeAnda
poet
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Katie Ruiz
artist
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Erica Torres
musician
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Jessica Gallion
poet
Kim Estes
actor
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Sal Rosales
rapper
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Steph Cha
author
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Riston Diggs
rapper
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Alixen Pham
Poet
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Charles
poet
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Anthony Parker
poet
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Audrey Castellon
poet
Neil Shigley
artist
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Kimberly Duran
painter
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Propaganda
poet
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Nyarae Francis
poet
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Kevin Jones
singer
Sijia Chen
artist
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Nic Reiner
Poet
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Artists United to End Homelessness is a trailblazer blazing a path of interconnection and lessons of humanity! -- Sean Hill (Actor/Poet/Speaker from Los Angeles)
