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