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