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