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 102 signators from 64 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
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Rusty
singer
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Riston Diggs
rapper
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Charles
poet
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Audrey Castellon
poet
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
April Banks
Artist
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Kimberly Duran
painter
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Cati Porter
poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Sal Rosales
rapper
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
David A. Romero
poet
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Vincent Cooper
poet
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
April Jones
filmmaker
Eye Matter
arts program
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Ivan Salinas
poet
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Anthony Parker
poet
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Rizz Javier
photographer
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Molly Trochez
artist
Steph Cha
author
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Alixen Pham
Poet
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Jessica Gallion
poet
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Erin Yoshi
painter
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Agente
hip hop artist
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Glynis Phillips
poet
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Jessica Kim
Poet
Neil Shigley
artist
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Katie Ruiz
artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Matt Sedillo
poet
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Nyarae Francis
poet
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Sara Harris
Poet
Rachel AO
Singer
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Dani Dodge
artist
Ra Avis
writer
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Christian Lozada
poet
Crystal Salas
Poet
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Sijia Chen
artist
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Sean Hill
poet
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Amos Adelone
musician
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Kim Estes
actor
Megan Greenough
singer
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Brenda Vaca
poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Grant White
filmmaker
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Nic Reiner
Poet
Kevin Jones
singer
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Propaganda
poet
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Peter J. Harris
writer
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Yenny Bernal
artist
Erica Torres
musician
Oscar Martinez
artist
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Aideed Medina
poet
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
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)
