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