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