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