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