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