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