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