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