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