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