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