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