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