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