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