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