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