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 281 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
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Agente
hip hop artist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Rachel AO
Singer
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Oscar Martinez
artist
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Sean Hill
poet
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Kimberly Duran
painter
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Katie Ruiz
artist
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Nic Reiner
Poet
Nyarae Francis
poet
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Riston Diggs
rapper
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
April Jones
filmmaker
Eye Matter
arts program
Jessica Gallion
poet
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Audrey Castellon
poet
Anthony Parker
poet
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Brenda Vaca
poet
Rizz Javier
photographer
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Ra Avis
writer
Ivan Salinas
poet
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Matt Sedillo
poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Vincent Cooper
poet
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Erin Yoshi
painter
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Rusty
singer
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Neil Shigley
artist
Steph Cha
author
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Megan Greenough
singer
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Jessica Kim
Poet
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
April Banks
Artist
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Sal Rosales
rapper
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Christian Lozada
poet
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Peter J. Harris
writer
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Erica Torres
musician
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Amos Adelone
musician
Propaganda
poet
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Aideed Medina
poet
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Molly Trochez
artist
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Sijia Chen
artist
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
David A. Romero
poet
Crystal Salas
Poet
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Charles
poet
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Cati Porter
poet
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Glynis Phillips
poet
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Kevin Jones
singer
Dani Dodge
artist
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Yenny Bernal
artist
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Alixen Pham
Poet
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Kim Estes
actor
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Grant White
filmmaker
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)
