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