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