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