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