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