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