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