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