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