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