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