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