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