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