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