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