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