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