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