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