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