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