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