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