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