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