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