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