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