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