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