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