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