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