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