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