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