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