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