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