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