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