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