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