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