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