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