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