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