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