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