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