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