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 282 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
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Sal Rosales
rapper
Alixen Pham
Poet
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Molly Trochez
artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
April Banks
Artist
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Christian Lozada
poet
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Oscar Martinez
artist
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Ra Avis
writer
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Steph Cha
author
Nic Reiner
Poet
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Jessica Gallion
poet
Rachel AO
Singer
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Matt Sedillo
poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Kim Estes
actor
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Crystal Salas
Poet
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Amos Adelone
musician
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Anthony Parker
poet
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Kevin Jones
singer
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Neil Shigley
artist
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Cati Porter
poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Rizz Javier
photographer
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
David A. Romero
poet
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Grant White
filmmaker
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Jessica Kim
Poet
Eye Matter
arts program
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Yenny Bernal
artist
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Riston Diggs
rapper
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Aideed Medina
poet
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Glynis Phillips
poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Charles
poet
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Kimberly Duran
painter
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Vincent Cooper
poet
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Peter J. Harris
writer
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Sean Hill
poet
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Brenda Vaca
poet
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Erica Torres
musician
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Audrey Castellon
poet
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Katie Ruiz
artist
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Rusty
singer
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Megan Greenough
singer
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Dani Dodge
artist
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Propaganda
poet
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Erin Yoshi
painter
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Nyarae Francis
poet
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Agente
hip hop artist
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Sijia Chen
artist
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Ivan Salinas
poet
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
April Jones
filmmaker
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
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)
