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