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