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