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