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