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