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