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