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