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