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