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