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