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