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