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