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