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