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 102 signators from 64 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
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Sijia Chen
artist
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Christian Lozada
poet
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Jessica Kim
Poet
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Glynis Phillips
poet
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Erica Torres
musician
Nyarae Francis
poet
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Jessica Gallion
poet
Agente
hip hop artist
Ivan Salinas
poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Ra Avis
writer
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Rusty
singer
Dani Dodge
artist
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Neil Shigley
artist
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Steph Cha
author
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Sara Harris
Poet
Propaganda
poet
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Kevin Jones
singer
Vincent Cooper
poet
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Jesenia Chavez
poet
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Sean Hill
poet
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
April Banks
Artist
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Grant White
filmmaker
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Alixen Pham
Poet
Nikolai Garcia
poet
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Anthony Parker
poet
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Kim Estes
actor
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Aideed Medina
poet
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Audrey Castellon
poet
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
April Jones
filmmaker
Eye Matter
arts program
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Peter J. Harris
writer
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Brenda Vaca
poet
Cati Porter
poet
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Erin Yoshi
painter
Molly Trochez
artist
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
David A. Romero
poet
Rizz Javier
photographer
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Oscar Martinez
artist
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Riston Diggs
rapper
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Rachel AO
Singer
Megan Greenough
singer
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Crystal Salas
Poet
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Nic Reiner
Poet
Matt Sedillo
poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Yenny Bernal
artist
Amos Adelone
musician
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Katie Ruiz
artist
Charles
poet
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Kimberly Duran
painter
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Sal Rosales
rapper
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)
