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