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