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