Sign Our Artists' Statement: Take the people without homes and put them in the homes without people.
Learn more about the statement and add your name to those of 280 signators from 88 cities. ... see all signers
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
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Alixen Pham
Poet
Jessica Gallion
poet
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Cati Porter
poet
Steph Cha
author
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Rusty
singer
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Crystal Salas
Poet
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
April Jones
filmmaker
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
April Banks
Artist
Iris DeAnda
poet
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Agente
hip hop artist
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Sal Rosales
rapper
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Rizz Javier
photographer
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Aideed Medina
poet
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Kim Estes
actor
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Amos Adelone
musician
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Katie Ruiz
artist
Kevin Jones
singer
Grant White
filmmaker
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Sean Hill
poet
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Matt Sedillo
poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Charles
poet
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Yenny Bernal
artist
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Megan Greenough
singer
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
David A. Romero
poet
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Glynis Phillips
poet
Ra Avis
writer
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Christian Lozada
poet
Erica Torres
musician
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Nyarae Francis
poet
Jessica Kim
Poet
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Ivan Salinas
poet
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Anthony Parker
poet
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Neil Shigley
artist
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Sara Harris
Poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Eye Matter
arts program
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Erin Yoshi
painter
Nic Reiner
Poet
Dani Dodge
artist
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Kimberly Duran
painter
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Propaganda
poet
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Oscar Martinez
artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Rachel AO
Singer
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Vincent Cooper
poet
Molly Trochez
artist
Brenda Vaca
poet
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Riston Diggs
rapper
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Peter J. Harris
writer
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Sijia Chen
artist
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Audrey Castellon
poet
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
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)
