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