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