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