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End homelessness, don't manage it. Here's how.
1. Stop talking about shelters as housing
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We have had 248 artists appear on our Zoom shows
Charles
poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Kimberly Duran
painter
Anthony Parker
poet
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Jessica Gallion
poet
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Alixen Pham
Poet
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Matt Sedillo
poet
Molly Trochez
artist
Christian Lozada
poet
Propaganda
poet
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Sean Hill
poet
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Rusty
singer
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Audrey Castellon
poet
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Jessica Kim
Poet
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Sal Rosales
rapper
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Dani Dodge
artist
Cati Porter
poet
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Ivan Salinas
poet
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Steph Cha
author
Katie Ruiz
artist
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Glynis Phillips
poet
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Aideed Medina
poet
Oscar Martinez
artist
Agente
hip hop artist
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Brenda Vaca
poet
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Rizz Javier
photographer
Megan Greenough
singer
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
David A. Romero
poet
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Vincent Cooper
poet
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Neil Shigley
artist
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Rebecca Contreras
artist
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Sijia Chen
artist
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Sara Harris
Poet
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Kevin Jones
singer
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Iris DeAnda
poet
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Rachel AO
Singer
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Erin Yoshi
painter
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Riston Diggs
rapper
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Grant White
filmmaker
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Eye Matter
arts program
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Peter J. Harris
writer
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Amos Adelone
musician
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
April Banks
Artist
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Ra Avis
writer
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Crystal Salas
Poet
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Erica Torres
musician
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Nyarae Francis
poet
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Yenny Bernal
artist
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
April Jones
filmmaker
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Nic Reiner
Poet
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Kim Estes
actor
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
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)
