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