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