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