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