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