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