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