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