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 281 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
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Agente
hip hop artist
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Jessica Gallion
poet
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Rusty
singer
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Crystal Salas
Poet
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Rizz Javier
photographer
Sean Hill
poet
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Yenny Bernal
artist
Nyarae Francis
poet
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Glynis Phillips
poet
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Sara Harris
Poet
Sijia Chen
artist
Iris DeAnda
poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Neil Shigley
artist
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Cati Porter
poet
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Kevin Jones
singer
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Vincent Cooper
poet
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Molly Trochez
artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Kim Estes
actor
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Jessica Kim
Poet
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Amos Adelone
musician
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Christian Lozada
poet
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Erin Yoshi
painter
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Steph Cha
author
Erica Torres
musician
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Riston Diggs
rapper
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Aideed Medina
poet
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Matt Sedillo
poet
David A. Romero
poet
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Katie Ruiz
artist
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Propaganda
poet
Alixen Pham
Poet
Charles
poet
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Megan Greenough
singer
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Ra Avis
writer
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Grant White
filmmaker
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Audrey Castellon
poet
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Peter J. Harris
writer
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Nic Reiner
Poet
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Oscar Martinez
artist
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
April Jones
filmmaker
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Anthony Parker
poet
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Kimberly Duran
painter
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Eye Matter
arts program
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
April Banks
Artist
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Brenda Vaca
poet
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Rachel AO
Singer
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Ivan Salinas
poet
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Dani Dodge
artist
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Sal Rosales
rapper
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Deborah Aschheim
artist
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)
