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