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 280 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
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Erica Torres
musician
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Bhavna Mehta
artist
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Glynis Phillips
poet
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Sean Hill
poet
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Eye Matter
arts program
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Molly Trochez
artist
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Propaganda
poet
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Rachel AO
Singer
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Nyarae Francis
poet
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Jessica Gallion
poet
Crystal Salas
Poet
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Rizz Javier
photographer
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Iris DeAnda
poet
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Riston Diggs
rapper
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Erin Yoshi
painter
Sijia Chen
artist
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Yenny Bernal
artist
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
David A. Romero
poet
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Ivan Salinas
poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Megan Greenough
singer
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Audrey Castellon
poet
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Nikolai Garcia
poet
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Christian Lozada
poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Anthony Parker
poet
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Aideed Medina
poet
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Matt Sedillo
poet
Agente
hip hop artist
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
April Jones
filmmaker
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Jessica Kim
Poet
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Dani Dodge
artist
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Kim Estes
actor
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Cati Porter
poet
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Ra Avis
writer
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Grant White
filmmaker
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Kevin Jones
singer
Peter J. Harris
writer
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Rusty
singer
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Nic Reiner
Poet
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Kimberly Duran
painter
Neil Shigley
artist
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Sal Rosales
rapper
Vincent Cooper
poet
Steph Cha
author
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
April Banks
Artist
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Katie Ruiz
artist
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Alixen Pham
Poet
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Oscar Martinez
artist
Brenda Vaca
poet
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Charles
poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Amos Adelone
musician
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
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)
