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