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 282 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
Cati Porter
poet
April Jones
filmmaker
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Sara Harris
Poet
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Dani Dodge
artist
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Jesenia Chavez
poet
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Sean Hill
poet
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Amos Adelone
musician
Brenda Vaca
poet
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Matt Sedillo
poet
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Sijia Chen
artist
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Rizz Javier
photographer
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Neil Shigley
artist
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Propaganda
poet
David A. Romero
poet
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Jessica Gallion
poet
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Kimberly Duran
painter
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Christian Lozada
poet
Agente
hip hop artist
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Audrey Castellon
poet
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Iris DeAnda
poet
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Jessica Kim
Poet
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Peter J. Harris
writer
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Anthony Parker
poet
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Erin Yoshi
painter
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Erica Torres
musician
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Kevin Jones
singer
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Steph Cha
author
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Vincent Cooper
poet
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Glynis Phillips
poet
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Rusty
singer
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Rachel AO
Singer
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Sal Rosales
rapper
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Eye Matter
arts program
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Nyarae Francis
poet
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Megan Greenough
singer
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Ivan Salinas
poet
Yenny Bernal
artist
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Crystal Salas
Poet
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Ra Avis
writer
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Molly Trochez
artist
Aideed Medina
poet
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Nic Reiner
Poet
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Alixen Pham
Poet
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
April Banks
Artist
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Grant White
filmmaker
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Charles
poet
Riston Diggs
rapper
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Kim Estes
actor
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Katie Ruiz
artist
Oscar Martinez
artist
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
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)
