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