Sign Our Artists' Statement: Take the people without homes and put them in the homes without people.
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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
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Erica Torres
musician
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Matt Sedillo
poet
Glynis Phillips
poet
Jessica Gallion
poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Rachel AO
Singer
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Oscar Martinez
artist
Kevin Jones
singer
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Neil Shigley
artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Katie Ruiz
artist
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Anthony Parker
poet
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Propaganda
poet
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Cati Porter
poet
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Brenda Vaca
poet
David A. Romero
poet
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Rusty
singer
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Rizz Javier
photographer
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
April Banks
Artist
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Audrey Castellon
poet
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Ivan Salinas
poet
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Sara Harris
Poet
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Crystal Salas
Poet
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Alixen Pham
Poet
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Charles
poet
Aideed Medina
poet
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Nic Reiner
Poet
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Kim Estes
actor
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
April Jones
filmmaker
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Jessica Kim
Poet
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Steph Cha
author
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Sean Hill
poet
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Kimberly Duran
painter
Agente
hip hop artist
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Peter J. Harris
writer
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Riston Diggs
rapper
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Amos Adelone
musician
Nyarae Francis
poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Megan Greenough
singer
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Yenny Bernal
artist
Grant White
filmmaker
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Molly Trochez
artist
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Sal Rosales
rapper
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Vincent Cooper
poet
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Eye Matter
arts program
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Sijia Chen
artist
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Erin Yoshi
painter
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Christian Lozada
poet
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Ra Avis
writer
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Dani Dodge
artist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Iris DeAnda
poet
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)
