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