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