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 280 signators from 88 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
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Sara Harris
Poet
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Sal Rosales
rapper
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Rachel AO
Singer
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Rizz Javier
photographer
Kimberly Duran
painter
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Glynis Phillips
poet
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Jonathan Celiz
musician
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Rusty
singer
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Sean Hill
poet
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Jessica Gallion
poet
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
April Banks
Artist
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Audrey Castellon
poet
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Cati Porter
poet
Jessica Kim
Poet
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Molly Trochez
artist
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Eye Matter
arts program
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Neil Shigley
artist
Erica Torres
musician
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Dani Dodge
artist
Propaganda
poet
Christian Lozada
poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Amos Adelone
musician
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Erin Yoshi
painter
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Charles
poet
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
David A. Romero
poet
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Aideed Medina
poet
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Katie Ruiz
artist
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Crystal Salas
Poet
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Vincent Cooper
poet
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Ivan Salinas
poet
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
April Jones
filmmaker
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Alixen Pham
Poet
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Nyarae Francis
poet
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Kevin Jones
singer
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Anthony Parker
poet
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Grant White
filmmaker
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Riston Diggs
rapper
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Peter J. Harris
writer
Matt Sedillo
poet
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Nic Reiner
Poet
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Yenny Bernal
artist
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Ra Avis
writer
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Megan Greenough
singer
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Steph Cha
author
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Agente
hip hop artist
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Sijia Chen
artist
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Oscar Martinez
artist
Brenda Vaca
poet
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Kim Estes
actor
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
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)
