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